New Delhi, Sardar Singh, a former India captain and current coach of the U-18 Asia Cup gold medal winning national side, attributed team's success to hard work, handling pressure well and implementing "specific" plans made by the team management.
"This team really handled pressure well. In international tournaments high pressure situations come, and it has to be handled well, and they did so. We had told them to implement 110 per cent on our plans not 80 or 90 per cent," he said.
Sardar highlighted the performance of leading goal scorer Ashish Tani Purti and Ketan Kushawaha, saying "All the players played well. Difficult to pick but yes, Ashish & Ketan Kushawaha are extraordinary players."
Ashish, who scored 13 goals in U-18 Asia Cup, was pleased to contribute to the team's cause, saying "This was my first tournament representing India at any level and I am extremely happy that I could contribute for the team by scoring most no of goals in the tournament and helped the team win the gold medal."
