Field hockey in India managing field hockey in India. The panel was headed by Aslam Sher Khan, a former MP and former hockey captain and includes Ashok Kumar, Ajit Pal Singh, Zafar Iqbal and Dhanraj Pillay. Aslam Sher Khan has now been replaced by Ajit Pal Singh as the chairman of the national selection committee. Aslam Sher Khan was highly displeased by this decision, though he remained as a selector. On 30 April 2008, in an interview with "India Today", Khan indicated the impact of the 2007 film about the National Women's Hockey Team, "Chak De India", on his future strategy by stating that
India national football team 60,000 capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi during India's victory in the 2011 SAFF Championship over Afghanistan. In June 2018, supporters filled the Mumbai Football Arena for India's Intercontinental Cup match against Kenya after a plea from India's captain Sunil Chhetri went viral on social media. Since independence, there have been twenty-nine different head coaches for the India national team, out of which, eleven being foreign coaches. The most successful head coach for India was Syed Abdul Rahim, who lead India to gold in both the 1951 and 1962 Asian Games while also achieving a fourth-place finish during the 1956