Both the India men's and women's hockey teams crashed out of their respective World Cups before reaching the semifinal stages. (AP and Hockey India)Double Olympic medallist India goalie and former player PR Sreejesh slammed the Indian team management for both the men’s and women’s hockey units as they failed to reach the semifinals of their respective World Cups. “Don’t worry… the World Cup doesn’t matter,” he said sarcastically on X with a clown emoji.“The Asian Games are coming. Win a medal there, and then we can start dreaming about LA 2028. Apparently, that’s enough to cover everything that went wrong at the World Cup. Women’s chief coach on holiday just before the World Cup — and the girls still fought their hearts out and exceeded expectations. Credit to the players. But where is the accountability? Do we really expect a team to perform at its best when the chief coach is away during the final phase of preparation?,” Sreejesh posted on X.“Men’s team loses to a top team → “It’s a learning experience.” Beats an Asian team → “Great victory.” Plays good hockey → “Good performance.” But here’s the uncomfortable question: Are we building a team to PLAY good hockey, or a team capable of WINNING against the best in the world? Stop hiding behind “learning”, “good hockey” and future tournaments. The World Cup is not a rehearsal. It is the World Cup. So who is going to ask the difficult questions? Who is going to demand accountability? And most importantly… Does anyone actually care?,” he added.Don’t worry… the World Cup doesn’t matter. 嵐The Asian Games are coming. Win a medal 磊 there, and then we can start dreaming about LA 2028. Apparently, that’s enough to cover everything that went wrong at the World Cup.Women’s chief coach on holiday just before the World…— sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) August 24, 2026On Monday, the men’s team lost 3-5 to Argentina in a second round pool match to crash out of the semifinal race of the FIH World Cup. Needing to win the match by at least a two-goal margin to stay in the hunt, India never looked in the game.Tomas Domene (33rd, 45th minutes) and Joaquin Toscani (1st, 53rd) scored a brace each for Argentina, while the other goal was scored by Nicolas della Torre in the sixth minute. India’s two goals were scored from field efforts by Sukhjeet Singh in the 34th minute and 58th minutes. As a consolation, India got a penalty stroke 36 minutes from the final hooter and Hardik Singh converted to reduce the margin of victory.Meanwhile on Sunday, the women’s team crashed out of the Women’s World Cup after being held to a goalless draw by Australia in their final second-round match, with the result sending the Hockeyroos into the semifinals on the basis of more goals scored.