Contrary to claims made by former captain and Olympian Pargat Singh, Hockey India (HI) said Monday that they are taking all possible steps to make the World Cup starting here Sunday a resounding success.

"We are fully geared to host the Hero Honda FIH World Cup competition here from Feb 28 to March 13. Australia and Pakistan teams have already arrived in India and the other teams have intimated their arrival schedule as well. The technical officials from overseas have also started arriving. All this augurs well for the success of the competition," said HI secretary general Narendra Batra.