LAST OLYMPIC GOLD IN HOCKEY
The Indian men’s hockey group had won a full go-around of titles in 1948, 1952 and 1956 preceding Pakistan broke that brilliant streak in the 1960 Olympics last. India, however, recaptured the crown beating their neighbours in 1964.
In any case, India had gotten done with a bronze decoration in both 1968 and 1972 and drooped to their then-most minimal completion (seventh) in the 1976 release. In this way, going into the 1980 Olympic Games, assumptions were limited.
INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM
Full India Men’s hockey crew for Tokyo Olympics:
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh
Protectors: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra
Midfielders: Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit
Advances: Shamsher Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh
Backups: Krishan Pathak (objective manager), Varun Kumar (safeguard), Simranjit Singh (midfielder)
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
Support from Simranjeet Singh and objectives from Hardik Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (punishment corner) and Rupinder Pal (stroke) guide India to a triumph over Germany in a high-scoring thrill ride.
A REMARKABLE VICTORY
4 Goals in a level of 7 minutes. What a rebound from following 1-3 to driving 5-3.
ODISHA’S GIFT TO THE NATION
At the point when Sahara retreated from supporting the Indian hockey groups in 2018, the Odisha government marked a 100 crore manage Hockey India to support the people’s hockey groups throughout the following 5 years.
the 5-year sponsorship bargain as Odisha’s gift to the country, Patnaik then, at that point depicted the game as a lifestyle in his state’s ancestral locale “where youngsters figure out how to stroll with a hockey stick
ODISHA’S ROLE
Odisha facilitated FIH Men’s Series Finals and Olympic Hockey Qualifiers 2019 and surprisingly the FIH Pro League in 2020. India is set to have the 2023 version of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup, after effectively putting together it in 2018.
