Ahok Kumar is keenly following every step of the Indian hockey team’s Asia Cup campaign in Ipoh, Malaysia from his Bhopal residence.

This is the team’s final attempt at earning a direct qualification for next year’s World Cup. And despite India’s goal-barrage this far -- 8-0 vs Oman, 2-0 vs Korea and 9-1 vs Bangladesh yesterday, Kumar, son of the wizard of Indian hockey, Dhyan Chand (born 1905), remains unimpressed. “It’s one thing to rule world and Olympic hockey, and quite another to be struggling to qualify for these tournaments,” Kumar told MiD DAY yesterday on the eve of his father’s 108th birth anniversary -- celebrated each year as India’s National Sports Day.