Mandeep Singh’s Obsession With Hockey Has Grown Over The Years: Sister Bhupinderjeet Kaur

New Delhi: Indian hockey forward Mandeep Singh may no longer have received a cult parent like his skipper Harmanpreet Singh or former captain Manpreet Singh alternatively when he's on the prowl upfront, rival defenders dare no longer take him lightly.

With the 29-year-old-fashioned prolific goal-getter set to be a main cog in India’s crusade at the Paris Olympics, after being a factor of the crew that bought bronze at the Tokyo Video games, his sister Bhupinderjeet Kaur says Mandeep’s obsession with hockey has best grown over time, a lot so that if he stays far from the countrywide camp for even a pair of days, he becomes pressured out.

“He grew to prove to be so crazy about taking part in hockey that he would come home from tuition, skip meals, and head straight to apply. As Mandeep grew older, his commitment best deepened.

“Even now, whenever I speak about to with him for the time of a spoil, he says he has entertaining at home alternatively begins lacking the camp after 15 days,” Kaur recounted in an episode of ‘Hockey Te Charcha’, highlighting her brother’s ardour for the sport.

Mandeep’s blinder towards Belgium wonderful through the semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics and his pace left the competitors perplexed alternatively the Crimson Lions regrouped to beat India 5-2 to cease their hopes of a gold medal.

India, besides the truth that, again with a bronze, making every player a national hero. But Kaur says, Mandeep simply doesn’t be wonderful through the limelight.

“He prefers to be viewed as a handy boy in location of a celeb,” recounted Kaur.

Recalling the celebrations at home when India bought the bronze medal in Tokyo beating Germany, Kaur recounted it stuffed all and varied with delight.

“We were all discovering at it on TV. Mandeep seemed up with tears in his eyes, having a silent second to himself. At home, all and varied grew to prove to be praying, fingers crossed, hoping for victory. When we in some way bought, it felt like we had entire one thing great. The ecosystem at home grew to prove to be electric powered with pleasure and pleasure,” she recounted.

Mandeep’s prolific goal-scoring has viewed him being a factor of a alternative of valuable campaigns, including the Junior World Cup title triumph in Lucknow in 2016, Asia Cup gold in 2017, Asian Champions Trophy titles in 2018 and 2023, Commonwealth Video games silver in 2022 Birmingham and the Hangzhou Asian Video games gold in 2023, which helped India qualify robotically for Paris.

Kaur herself has forged a bond with the complete India crew and she says each and every of the players be responsive to her and she needs them to get back from Paris a valuable bunch.

“Once Harmanpreet requested the location his rakhi grew to prove to be, and from then on, I commenced sending it to all of them (players). They name me their sister, and I experience the identical procedure.”

She is assured India will get back with a gold medal from Paris.

“The crew has grew to prove to be so best that they'll win and produce (home) the gold,” she recounted.