This does not portray a promising picture of Hockey India’s vision. What we do know is that high performance director David John, who started in India as an exercise physiologist and scientific advisor to Nobbs, will be the interim coach. India has repeatedly faltered against lower-ranked opposition such as Malaysia and Canada in major t. With both Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma in cruise control, having a backup like Rahane is of course a happy problem. “The fact that he won two long matches, best-of-five, fighting, struggling a little bit more t. On Sunday, in Colombo, he will get an opportunity to enjoy his batting against a listless Sri Lankan bowling attack. ildcard Thanasi Kokkinakis at Miami OpenYellow or green: Roger Federer’s comment on tennis balls’ colour adds fuel to fireThis was Roger Federer at his hard-to-beat best, a performance so unlike the pair of uncomfortable five-setters he labored through to begin the U. Their performances should be maturing and improving but our performances don’t reflect that. “Just look at the nutmeg in the second half, he’s in the middle of two players and he does that, it shows he is a truly great player. Macedonia, second-to-last in the group, got the winner with a goal by Goran Pandev midway through the second half.