India Hockey Team Captain: Who is India’s hockey captain? Indian men and women captains are all set to mark their victory in the upcoming Olympic Games
No matter what the sport is, a captain always acts as a binding factor in the team. Without the mentorship of a captain, it is merely possible for any team to mark victory as the captain from discipline to positioning manages all sorts of problems in each sports team.
India Hockey Team Captain: Who is India’s men’s hockey captain?
India’s men hockey team is led by Manpreet Singh, this hockey player is presently 29 years old and hails from Jalandhar, Punjab. Manpreet began his professional hockey training in the year 2005 by joining the Surjit Hockey Academy, Punjab.
Junior career
In the year 2013, Manpreet was appointed as the captain of the men’s junior Indian hockey team and in the year 2014 because of his amazing style of play Manpreet got honored with the best hockey player of the year title.
Olympic Plans
Manpreet is all set to mark victory at the upcoming installment of the Olympic Games, in a recent interview he was recorded saying that this time definitely the men’s hockey team of India will end the 4-decade long drought for a gold medal at the Olympics under hockey category.
Who is India’s Women’s hockey team captain?
Rani Rampal holds the captaincy of India’s women hockey team, she hails from a small village “Shahbad” of Haryana. She grew up in an entirely rural household but still always managed to practice the sport of hockey. She is presently aged 26 and plays as a forward for the Indian hockey team. Her father is a cart puller by profession but he played the role of the biggest pillar of strength in Rani’s life.
Junior Career
As a junior hockey player Rani Rampal participated in the Champions challenge Tournament, this tournament was the first professional tournament played by Rani. Later on, she climbed the ladder of success after performing excellent at the Asia Cup of the year 2009.
Olympics 2021 Plans
The women hockey team according to Rani is growing stronger day by day and has the potential for more improvement. This time after a long time the gameplay of the women hockey team will be seen as their last match was in 2020 before the corona outburst in India.
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