Rani Rampal rested for Asian Champions Trophy, Savita Punia to lead Indian hockey team
Hockey | November 19, 2021 12:51 ISTThe tournament is scheduled to be played in Donghae, South Korea from December 5-12.
The tournament is scheduled to be played in Donghae, South Korea from December 5-12.
Olympic Bronze Medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad to Captain the squad and defender Sanjay will shoulder the duties of Vice-Captain; India will begin the campaign on 24 November with their opening match against France.
Gurjit Kaur (Women) and Harmanpreet Singh (Men) fetched 'Player of the Year' honour in their respective categories.
The men's hockey team produced an inspiring performance at the Tokyo Games, where it edged out Germany 5-4 to claim a bronze medal, the country's first in the sport in 41 years.
The Indian men's team had ended a 41-year-old long wait for an Olympic medal when it clinched the bronze at the Tokyo Games last month.
The Indian team has been showered with accolades since returning home following a bronze medal winning feat at Tokyo, a medal that broke India's 41-year-old jinx at the Olympics
The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15.
This weekend the team of The Kapil Sharma Show will be seen hosting the Indian Hockey team and Bollywood veterans Dharmendra and Shatrughan Sinha.
The last time the Indian team won a medal at the Olympics was in the 1980 Moscow Games, when the country claimed the top position.
The Odisha government is the official sponsor of the Indian Hockey Teams since 2018.
Manpreet said that the team will now focus on upcoming tournaments like the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World Cup.
The hockey players received a rousing welcome on their arrival at the Bhubaneswar airport
Indian men's hockey team players Mandeep Singh, Varun Kumar, Hardik Singh and captain Manpreet Singh arrived in Jalandhar on August 11.
While Australia has been a hockey powerhouse after the 1980s, reigning Olympic and world champions Belgium took the game by storm in the last 10 years by finishing runners-up in 2016 Rio and then winning the gold in Tokyo Games.
Just after losing 2-5 to world champions and eventual Olympic gold medallist Belgium, Modi called Manpreet and chief coach Graham Reid and consoled them while also motivating the entire team for the job ahead.
As the Tokyo Olympics come to a close, let's take a look at our medallists and those who came within touching distance of glory but couldn't quite make it to the podium.
On Friday, India defeated Japan 5-3 in their final league game -- their third successive win in the group stage -- to finish second behind Australia, who were held 1-1 by Spain on Friday.
Lovlina Borgohain assured India a second medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, PV Sindhu reached the semis and Indian women's hockey team kept their hopes alive to cap India's rather decent Day 7. However, the shooters disappointed while the athletics campaign failed to get off to a good start.
By virtue of this win, India finished second in Pool A behind Australia with four victories out of five Games.
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