New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Harendra Singh is not satisfied, not with a silver medal at the Asia Cup. "We had prepared for gold for six weeks. The score line doesn't show that but if we go into deep post-mortem, we were very much there," the Indian women's hockey team chief coach told HT.

Harendra isn't wrong. From Pro League relegation, the Salima Tete-led team emerged as the second-best side at the recently concluded Asia Cup, giving eventual winners China a tough fight, both in the Super 4s and the final. But the Alyson Annan-coached team is a different beast altogether currently.

Ranked No.4 in the world, China are the reigning Asian Games champions and Olympic silver medallists, almost beating world No.1 Netherlands in the Paris Games f...