IPL 2020 | Mandeep Singh's mental toughness has rubbed off on the entire team: KL Rahul
Cricket | Oct 27, 2020, 01:30 PM ISTMandeep made an unbeaten 66 against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday night to help KXIP record five wins in a row.
Mandeep made an unbeaten 66 against Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday night to help KXIP record five wins in a row.
Casing 150 on Monday night, Gayle, who was overlooked and was also ill in the first phase of the IPL, showed why he is called the 'Universe Boss' during his innings of 51 off 29 balls.
Mandeep lost his father a couple of days back and he attended his funeral through video call.
An emotional Mandeep said that his late father used to tell him to remain not out in the game.
KXIP registered their fifth straight win on Monday defeated KKR by eight wickets in Sharjah
Sachin Tendulkar hailed KKR's Nitish Rana and KXIP's Mandeep Singh for representing their respective sides on Saturday despite facing personal tragedies.
Mandeep's father was reportedly ill for a long time.
The forward also expressed excitement about hockey activities resuming across India and he encouraged young players to ensure they follow all the norms and SOPs provided by Hockey India.
Mandeep is one of the six men hockey players, including skipper Manpreet Singh, who had tested positive for COVID-19 at the team's training base here last month after they arrived for the national camp.
It was found that Mandeep's blood oxygen levels were dropping below normal.
Earlier, captain Manpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan Pathak had also been diagnosed with COVID-19.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has postponed the Games to summer 2021 in wake of the coronavirus outbreak which has claimed more than 1.4 lakh lives across the world so far.
Mandeep Singh says they are looking forward to winning a medal at the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games.
Indian hockey team's forward Mandeep Singh has been nominated for the Dhruv Batra Player of the Year 2019.
Mandeep (24th, 53rd minutes) scored two field goals while Harmanpreet Singh (5th) and SV Sunil (48th) also hit the target for India.
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