Expert view: What to expect from India at the Olympics

While Covid-19 still has its foot on the world's throat, the rousing reception of the Indian players at the Delhi airport must have thrown a few punches back at the virus. And it also hinted at the weight of expectations. But it's not the size of the contingent, the largest ever of 126 athletes, that has multiplied hopes, but the vastness of it across the facets of quality, age, world rankings and current form.

Expert view: What to expect from India at the Olympics
While Covid-19 still has its foot on the world's throat, the rousing reception of the Indian players at the Delhi airport must have thrown a few punches back at the virus. And it also hinted at the weight of expectations. But it's not the size of the contingent, the largest ever of 126 athletes, that has multiplied hopes, but the vastness of it across the facets of quality, age, world rankings and current form.