After failing to qualify for the Olympics (Beijing 2008) for the first time in 84 years, the Indian men’s hockey team brought joy to hockey lovers when they qualified for the 2012 London Games with a thumping 8-1 win over France in the final of the six-nation Olympic Qualifier tournament in New Delhi in February.

However, even as most hockey afficionados are now dreaming of a medal at next month’s London Games, four-time Olympian Dhanraj Pillay thinks otherwise. “Right now I do not wish to comment on medal hopes. I will be more than satisfied if India finish in the top six,” Pillay told MiD DAY on the sidelines of the Monnet Go for Gold torch relay function held in the city to mark the 30-day countdown to the Games.