The 23-year-old, who earned his 50th international cap during India's tour of Argentina, played a big role in his side registering back-to-back wins against the reigning Olympic champions.
Eight-time champions India are looking to end an over four-decade-long Olympic medal drought in Tokyo this year.
India had won the last of their eight Olympic gold medals in the 1980 Moscow Olympics before the team endured a sharp slide in its fortunes.
Balbir Singh Junior, who was a member of the silver medal- winning 1958 Asian Games Indian hockey team, breathed his last at the age of 88.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has temporarily stopped hockey activities for a week at the National Stadium in New Delhi from Thursday due to a surge in new cases of coronavirus.
The US hockey federation made the announcement on its official Twitter handle, announcing that the FIH Level 4 High-Performance coach has been hired after an extensive search process.
PHF officials will be taking up the issue of resuming bilateral series against India at neutral venues on the sidelines of the 47th International Hockey Federation (FIH) Statutory Congress.
The fourth match of the series will be played on Thursday.
The season will kick-start with the 11th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2021 to be held in Simdega, Jharkhand.
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