Rio Olympics 2016: SV Sunil could miss India's hockey quarter-finals due to injury

Rio de Janerio: Uncertainty hovered over Indian team’s halfback SV Sunil’s participation in the quarter-finals after he sustained an injury during its last men’s hockey Pool B game against Canada at the Rio Olympics on Friday. India were dealt a big blow when Sunil was stretchered off the pitch after he suffered an injury by crashing against the sign boards while pressing for an attack during the match against Canada. [caption id=“attachment_2953200” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] SV Sunil falls to the ground during the India-Germany Rio 2016 clash. AP[/caption] Roelant Oltmans, who is the team’s high performance director and head coach, could not give a definitive answer when asked about the extent of Sunil’s injury. “I don’t know. It’s too early to say. He needs to have a scan. He fell into the board and injured his writs,” Dutchman Oltmans said. Skipper PR Sreejesh though sounded optimistic. “What I saw it seemed okay to me and he can play in the next match,” Sreejesh, who also mans India’s goal, said. India squandered a one-goal advantage as they allowed Canada to stage a fightback with a late strike and earn a 2-2 draw.