Lot of hard work ahead: Dhillon

Expressing satisfaction with the team's performance in Malaysia, which will also host the World Cup in in February - March 2002, Dhillon said the team needs to work harder on many areas, especially mid-field so that no chances are missed.

"We missed a lot of chances in this tournament. We should have won the final by at least five or six goals," Dhillon said, on arrival in Delhi from Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday, along with seven of his team mates.

However, Dhillon was very satisfied with the result.

"We succeeded in our game plan and played good hockey. We had a very good rate of penalty-corner conversions; that obviously worked to our advantage," Dhillon said.

He said the combination of senior and junior players had been beneficial to the team as youth and experience complemented each other well. Now, the aim is to continue the good performance in the World Cup and Asian Games next year apart from the Champions Trophy for which India qualified by virtue of having won in Kuala Lumpur, he said.