Former hockey goalkeeper and coach Mir Ranjan Negi has said that the Indian women’s hockey team’s maiden entry into the Olympics semi-finals will go down as the true Chak De! India moment in the country’s sporting history. 

The 2007 Bollywood superhit film Chak De! India was based on an episode in Negi’s life, where the former India goalkeeper was accused of treachery after the national team suffered a humiliating 1-7 defeat to Pakistan in the 1982 Asian Games final at Delhi.