Calcutta: The dream of clinching the Junior Hockey World Cup crown being fulfilled, Harjeet Singh now looks to make it big at the senior level.

His aim is to seal an India berth for the 2018 World Cup in Bhubaneswar and helping India win a medal at the next Olympics.

"The triumph in Lucknow is now a thing of the past... We can't rest on laurels and go beating around the bush. Now, that we have proven ourselves as the best among the juniors, my goal at present is to earn myself a berth in the senior team and represent India at the 2018 World Cup, and then at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

"Success at the biggest stage is all we crave for. And I do believe I have it in me to be at that level," Harjeet, who captained the India juniors in Lucknow, said after his Beighton Cup match for Bharat Petroleum at the SAI ground here on Wednesday.

Apart from Harjeet, Dipsan Tirkey, goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya, Varun Kumar and Harmanapreet - all of whom were part of the India juniors squad - feature in the Bharat Petroleum side.

The presence of high performance director and India's chief coach Roelant Oltmans, who was there in Lucknow as manager of the junior team, also was of immense help to Harjeet and Co. "Roelant Sir is a coach of high calibre. There's nothing much to say about his wealth of experience and his seniority in the hockey fraternity. For someone who has coached many teams in the Olympics and other major events, his presence was certainly crucial for us.

"His tips were of course vital. But his analyses through video footages and during our practice sessions helped us make the necessary adjustments in our game. No wonder he's been a guiding force," Harjeet emphasised.

Recalling the moments after beating Belgium in the final earlier this week, the midfielder said: "Precisely, that competition is where careers of us juniors begin and start taking shape. For three years, we had toiled and put in our heart and soul to finish at the top.

"So, it turned out to be a terrific experience after we saw the result on the board. That's what we played for."

Winning a World Cup crown is never an easy task, but as Harjeet says, neither he nor his teammates were overawed by any other side. "I wouldn't say we didn't make our route unnecessarily difficult. What we did was just focus on the game we play, which made our job easier."