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Indian males’s hockey crew (HI)
Dilip Tirkey feels the Indian hockey crew has high quality gamers to reclaim the FIH World Cup after a spot of 47 years
Legendary defender Dilip Tirkey believes the present Indian hockey crew has high quality gamers who can reclaim the world title after a spot of 47 years.
India gained their solely World Cup in 1975 at Kuala Lumpur.
Being the hosts, the upcoming version in January subsequent 12 months offers a fantastic alternative to India to complete on the rostrum. The World Cup will likely be hosted by Bhubaneswar and Rourkela from January 13 to 29.
“The present Indian males’s crew is a really assured unit and the performances they’ve been giving in recent times have made the followers actually completely satisfied. I’m assured they’ll do properly within the World Cup,” stated Tirkey, who can also be the Hockey India president.
“I need them to place their greatest foot ahead and play with confidence. The crew has high quality gamers.”
Tirkey, a former India captain who was a part of the 1998 Asian Video games gold medal-winning aspect, represented India in three World Cups and as many Olympics.
The 45-year-old stated donning the nationwide jersey in World Cups and the Olympics was his final dream.
“I performed my first World Cup in 1998. It was a matter of immense satisfaction for me that I used to be a part of the World Cup crew,” stated Tirkey, a recipient of the Padma Shri Award in 2004.
“Captaining the Indian crew was expertise, little doubt, and we performed some good hockey as properly. I used to be captain at an Olympics, World Cup and even an Asian Video games, and it was positively a really proud expertise.”
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