New Delhi, Nov 7 (PTI) Inspired by the Indian women's cricket team's historic World Cup win under Harmanpreet Kaur, hockey legend Gurbux Singh believes it is now time for Harmanpreet Singh's men’s hockey side to script their own history by ending India's five-decade-long World Cup drought.

The eight-time Olympic champion Indian men's hockey team has so far won the World Cup only once, in Kuala Lumpur in 1975. Host India finished joint ninth in the last World Cup held in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in 2023.

"Indian women's team's World Cup will greatly benefit women's cricket in the country. Hopefully, we will end our 50 years wait by winning the Hockey World Cup next year," the 88-year-old Gurbux told PTI Bhasha in an exclusive interview on the occasion of Indian Hockey's centenary celebrat

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