PR Sreejesh Announces International Retirement, Paris Olympics 2024 To Be Veteran Hockey Goalkeeper’s Last

New Delhi: Veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh announced on Monday that the Paris Olympics 2024 will likely be his remaining foreign day out with the Indian hockey crew. A veteran of 328 World caps, three Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and World Cups, Sreejesh will likely be taking part in his fourth Olympic Games and became one in the total architects of India’s historic bronze medal win in Tokyo two years again.

Sreejesh became awarded the Big Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in 2021 and is most best the 2d sportsperson from India to win the award of World Games Athlete of the 12 months 2021. He has additionally won again-to-again FIH Goalkeeper of the 12 months awards in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

Closing year, he stood tall in India’s Gold medal-successful crusade at the Asian Games that sealed the crew’s berth for Paris 2024. “As I prepare for my remaining dance in Paris, I appear again with immense pride and forward with hope. This ride has been nothing fast of enough, and I'm always grateful for the love and booklet from my family, teammates, coaches, fans and Hockey India. Thank you for believing in me,” expressed Sreejesh.

He along with delivered that he had mentioned with the crew about his resolution to retire put up-Olympics. “My teammates have stood beside thru the tough and the ardent situations. All of us existing our very best right here in Paris and precisely, the hope is to alternate the color of our medal.”

Congratulating Sreejesh on his stellar career, Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey pointed out, “Sreejesh became not normally 18 or 19-years-ancient when I first observed him in the Indian camp and if I take take into account of best, he made his foreign debut when I became Captaining the Indian crew. He is an a little bit diverse player and my coronary heart fills with pleasure and gratitude for his exemplary contribution to Indian hockey.

“At this time time out in Paris will precisely be a diverse one for the crew and I be given as true with Sreejesh’s resolution will most best inspire the crew as a replacement than stand on the podium all all all by task of once extra and make it precisely diverse now not entirely for Sreejesh but for the normally occurring hockey fraternity. I hope him and the crew the astonishing achieveable.”

With Sreejesh retiring, the Indian avid gamers have determined to commit their crusade to the wall beneath the intention. “Paris 2024 will and not using a doubt be a diverse tournament. Now we have determined to commit our crusade to the legend PR Sreejesh. He has been an idea for somebody and I still don't forget his mentorship in 2016 Junior World Cup after we lifted the title.

“It became the commencing of many of our careers in World hockey and he has shaped each one amongst our careers in his possess means. We ‘Win it for Sreejesh’ and we are each of the extra stimulated to stand on the podium over once extra,” pointed out captain Harmanpreet Singh.