Young Mumbai hockey player Darshan Gaonkar, 21, believes in destiny. His late elder sister, Arundhati, 26, used to too. Arundhati succumbed to lung cancer in March. 

“She always said what has to happen will happen and good things will happen to us soon,” Gaonkar told mid-day after brilliantly marshalling the Champions Training Centre’s midfield to help beat Union Bank of India 2-1 in the final of the Mumbai Hockey Championships at the MHAL Stadium in Churchgate on Monday.