-SAYS, MATTER OF PRIDE FOR PUNJAB TO CONTRIBUTE 8 PLAYERS TO NATIONAL SQUAD
CHANDIGARH, JULY 2: The Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Punjab, Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi has congratulated the Indian men’s hockey team for exceptional performance in the last edition of the Champions Trophy held in Breda (Holland). The team lost the final to Australia in a nail biting finish and won the Silver Medal.
The minister said that it is the 2nd time in the history of the tournament that the Indian team has won the Silver medal. Calling Champions Trophy one of the most prestigious tournaments, the minister said that only top 6 placed teams got a chance to participate in the tournament.
Rana Sodhi further said that it was a matter of great pride that the Indian team had 8 players from Punjab in it namely Manpreet Singh, Germanpreet Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Varun Kumar, Dilpreet Singh and Simranjeet Singh. The assistant coach of the team was well known drag flicker Jugraj Singh.
The minister exhorted the team to continue good performances in the upcoming event such as the Asian Games-2018 in Jakarta and the World Cup 2018 to be held in Bhubneshwar (Odisha) and wished all the best to the players.
