tokyo brimming with confidence ahead of the olympic test event the indian womens hockey team captain rani rampal and her male counterpart harmanpreet singh said their respective teams are capable of beating any side in the world and will not be intimidated by highranking opponentsthe olympic test event starts from saturday at the oi hockey stadium and both the indian mens and womens teams will be in actionboth the teams are preparing for the fih olympic qualifiers which are to be held in november later this year the winners of the fih olympic qualifiers will secure their place in the 2020 tokyo olympicsthe world no5 mens team is topranked at the olympic test event and will be up against world no 8 new zealand world no 12 malaysia and world no 16 japanthe side being led by harmanpreet is without a few experienced players who have been rested for the tournament and the team will bank on the likes of the captain and his deputy mandeep singh for inspirationwe have a great opportunity to test a younger bunch of players in the matches against malaysia japan and new zealand they are good teams to play against and we are now adjusting well to our chief coachs ideas harmanpreet saidit will be a good test for us but we are wellprepared and will go into every match with the intent to win it it is a huge responsibility to have been given the captaincy and i am looking forward to stepping up and delivering for the team added the 23yearoldthe world no10 womens team will endure a comparatively tougher campaign as they face world no2 australia world no11 china and world no14 japanthe biggest competitor for the side will be the highestranked australia who they have not faced since the 01 loss in the semifinal of the commonwealth games last yearhowever rani believes that facing a big team before they take part in the fih olympic qualifiers later this year will help her side in preparing well for the bigger challenges aheadwe have a great challenge in front of us at the olympic test event but we are pretty confident of doing wellit will be a tough tournament but we know we can beat any team in the world she saidwe have prepared well together as a unit and the upcoming tournament will also help us with exposure against good teams added rani ahead of their first match against hosts japan on saturday