Ranchi: Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay today (Nov 16) said he has two more goals to achieve before finishing his hockey career on a high note, winning next year's Olympic gold and the 2006 World Cup.

"For the last few months the team has been playing extremely well and all the players have set their eyes on the Olympic gold", Pillay told reporters in Ranchi hoping to win both the coveted titles before his illustrious career comes to an end.

Pillay, who participated in an exhibition match this morning to mark the foundation day of Jharkhand, commended the likes of Gagan Ajit Singh, Dilip Tirkey and Bimal Lakra saying that the players are capable of taking on any challenge in the world.

Moscow Olympic gold medallist Zafar Iqbal, however, felt that India need to work harder to win the gold medal at Athens.

"We are still choking during the final minutes. The team requires to maintain consistency till the finish," said the former international, who also took part in the exhibition match.

Local lad Bimal Lakra, who was part of the Indian team that won the inaugural Afro-Asian Games in Hyderabad recently, was given Rs 5 lakh by Chief Minister Arjun Munda.

"We have a very good team with outstanding bench strength. With seniors like Dhanraj, Dilip Tirkey and others we can very well win the Athens games next year," Lakra said on the occasion.

PTI