‘Decided To Dedicate Paris Olympics Campaign To PR Sreejesh’ Says Skipper Harmanpreet Singh

New Delhi: India guys’s hockey crew captain Harmanpreet Singh observed they'll be dedicating upcoming Paris Olympics marketing and marketing crusade to veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh, who that the quadrennial adventure should be his closing world adventure, adding that the tagline for the equal is ‘Win it for Sreejesh’.

A veteran of 328 World caps just because his debut in 2006, Sreejesh will likely be taking part in his fourth Olympic Video games by utilizing the upcoming quadrennial adventure in Paris, also marking his final world adventure for India.

Sreejesh has been component of in actual truth a pair of memorable wins for India, consisting of Gold in 2014 Asian Video games, Bronze medal in 2018 Asian Video games at Jakarta-Palembang, joint profitable crew of the Asian Champions Trophy in 2018, Gold medal profitable crew of 2019 FIH Men’s Sequence Finals in Bhubaneswar and Silver medal profitable crew on the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Video games.

“Paris 2024 will indeed be a selected adventure. We have now got determined to commit our marketing and marketing crusade to the legend PR Sreejesh. He has been an idea for any one and I on the varied hand do not forget his mentorship in 2016 Junior World Cup when we lifted the title.

“It converted into the starting place of in actual truth a pair of our careers in World hockey and he has formed every physique in every of our careers in his very possess manner. We ‘Win it for Sreejesh’ and we are every of the further encouraged to face on the rostrum the total manner by once once more,” observed Harmanpreet in a Hockey India statement.

Sreejesh converted into one in every of the idea architects of India’s historic bronze medal win on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Video games. He converted into instrumental in India’s third-vicinity finish on the FIH Hockey Professional League 2021/22. Most actual 12 months, he stood tall in India’s Gold medal-profitable marketing and marketing crusade on the Asian Video games that sealed the crew’s berth for Paris 2024.

Sreejesh converted into awarded the Best Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021 and is best the 2d sportsperson from India to win the award of World Video games Athlete of the 12 months 2021. He has also got again-to-again FIH Goalkeeper of the 12 months awards in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

“As I put collectively for my closing dance in Paris, I seem to be again with immense delight and forward with hope. This journey has been nothing speedily of first-magnitude, and I'm always grateful for the love and manual from my family, teammates, coaches, enthusiasts and Hockey India. Thank you for believing in me.

“My teammates have stood beside by utilizing the perplexing and the ardent conditions. We all current our great proper sort here in Paris and as this may likely be, the hope is to alternate the colour of our medal,” observed Sreejesh.

Dilip Tirkey, the former world player in the mean time serving as Hockey India president, paid a rich tribute to Sreejesh. “Sreejesh converted into virtually always times 18 or 19-years-historical after I first observed him in the Indian camp and if I do not forget superb, he made his world debut after I used to be once Captaining the Indian crew. He is an exceptionally distinctive player and my coronary heart fills with pleasure and gratitude for his exemplary contribution to Indian hockey.

“This time out in Paris will as this may likely be be a selected one for the crew and I think Sreejesh’s resolution will best inspire the crew added to face on the rostrum the total manner by once once more and make it definitely distinctive now now not just for Sreejesh but for the necessary hockey fraternity. I hope him and the crew the great.”

Hockey India secretary conventional Bhola Nath Singh observed, “Sreejesh is a legend, an idea to the necessary country and I congratulate him on a productive profession studded with countless laurels that has honour and delight to the country.

“Hockey India respects his resolution to retire after the Paris Olympic Video games, making this a definitely distinctive adventure now now not just for the crew but also for Indian hockey enthusiasts. I hope him and the crew one of a bunch of improved of their marketing and marketing crusade.”