Under the guidance of Harendra, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to the WC title in 2016, the women's team finished an impressive fourth at the 2018 CWG.
In the women's final, India led by Salima Tete lost 1-4 to China as they ended their campaign as runners-up.
The junior men's team defeated Bangladesh 9-2 in their semifinal encounter while their women counterparts beat Malaysia 4-2 in their last-four stage match.
Hockey India also declared that forward Rani Rampal will continue as the women's team captain.
India's junior hockey team thrashed hosts Thailand 25-0 in the opening match of the men's event at the Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier 2018 in Bangkok on Wednesday
India are fielding a young team here in the absence of key players like Akashdeep Singh, SV Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Manpreet Singh and goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.
India last played against Argentina in the World League Final in Bhubaneswar where the hosts lost a place in the title-round after losing 0-1.
Sjoerd Marijne-coached India began the match with disciplined structure, playing two-touch hockey to rotate the ball swiftly and accurately to pave their way into Belgium's striking circle.
India's mantra today was to play aggressive and that's exactly what they did right from the start.
The program is commonly used by top-level football and basketball teams but it has been used for the first time in Indian hockey.
Over the last decade, Shaikh has umpired at major events such as Commonwealth Games, Asian Games as well as the 2014 Men's World Cup in Hague, The Netherlands and was also called up as an umpire during the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The men's team were at the sixth spot at the beginning of the year and maintained it throughout the year.
Singh's various ups and downs on the personal and professional fronts will be seen on-screen in his upcoming biopic 'Soorma', which will be played by Diljit Dosanjh.
Rathore congratulated the young Indian team for retaining the bronze medal in the Hockey World League (HWL) Final.
While postponing, the organisers had claimed that the move was needed to review the five seasons of the league.
The FIH assurance comes despite India pulling out of the event initially.
The women's team recently created history by winning the Asia Cup 2017 after beating China in the final.
The coach, who replaced sacked Roelant Oltmans, further emphasised that the Indian team needs to work on consistency.
India created history as they edged past China via shootouts. It was the skipper who scored the winning goal for India while Savita made a great save in sudden death to ensure India the 5-4 score in the penalty shootout.
The 35-member core group that includes the 18-member Asia Cup squad as well as players who were part of the India A team that participated in the Australian Hockey League.
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