ROURKELA: The last time Graham Reid was in Rourkela, he was the head coach of the Indian men’s hockey team and they had just been knocked out of the 2023 FIH World Cup. It wasn’t a happy ending for a man who led India to their first Olympic medal after 41 years at the Tokyo Olympics. However, he is back in India once more and this time as the coach of the Delhi SG Piper team in the newly-revamped Hockey India League (HIL)
Delhi will play the tournament opener against Team Gonasika at the Birsa Munda Stadium on Saturday evening.