PR Sreejesh Recalls Love Story With Wife Aneeshya, Says ‘I Hated Her At First, We Became Enemies’

New Delhi: First he hated her – for being more a quite good advice than him in institution. However simply because it occurs in Bollywood motion snap shots, ‘hate’ became accompanied by utilizing love. That’s how the romance between PR Sreejesh and Aneeshya unfolded at the GVN Workouts Tuition in Kerala. To that end, the long jumper reciprocated and fashioned the long run national hockey goalkeeper as her soulmate.

Sreejesh, who retired from the national crew after the Paris Olympics, unfolded about his love story all with the help of an interplay with PTI editors on Tuesday, talking candidly about how he fell for Aneeshya. He became already analyzing at the sporting activities activities institution, placed in Kannur, when Aneeshya bought admitted in 2001.

“I was a shiny student, pinnacle of the category. I was a superstar, the coach’s pet and good-known of every particular person. She bought here and in an advised I see, she became more a quite good advice than me, scoring safely in the total lot. I might rating between 35 to forty two out of 50, she became getting 49, straight up 50.

“So I all all started to hate her; we grew to be enemies and that’s how it became formerly than love blossomed,” he cited. Their love has persevered for over two a long time, increased than 10 of them as a married couple.

If every particular person desires proof, they hope to simply glance at Sreejesh’s hockey sticks at the Paris Olympics — her name became etched on a customised stick that the 36-yr-outdated charismatic goalkeeper used at the Video games, the place his phenomenal 336 world caps occupation drew to a close with a 2nd successive bronze medal for India.

Aneeshya, who is now an Ayurveda medical medical specialist, married Sreejesh in 2013 in an intimate temple ceremony, the place most explicit close loved ones and chums had been present. In a newest interplay with PTI Bhasha, she had spoken about her combined feelings on Sreejesh’s world retirement. Whilst she became blissful to get increased time with him at home, she cited the sporting activities activities fan in her would miss his towering presence inside of the Indian goalpost.

Sreejesh revealed that when he all all started playing hockey, his big target became to land a first fee job, which became additionally most hazard-free to convince Aneeshya’s mother and father that he became a priceless in shape for her. “…in Kerala formerly than drawing near the female’s father, you intend to be financially everyday,” he cited.

For optimistic that he got in lifestyles, managing to marry the female he cherished formerly than changing right into a dwelling legend inside of the video recreation he chose to play, an awful lot like the fairytale romances  that Bollywood churns out every 2nd week.

“After I was an adolescent, I used to love staring at motion snap shots, love tales,” he cited with a mischievous grin on his face, remembering the time he all all started dwelling in a sporting activities activities hostel simply with a purpose to observe motion snap shots on every match he desired with his chums. “That became my intention to boost to be a member of the hostel, now not the sporting activities activities,” he admitted.

‘Don’t would enormously like my young children to go to come again and forth confused by utilizing my legacy’

Sreejesh and Aneeshya have two teens — son Sreeansh and daughter Anusree. Their names are additionally etched on hockey sticks that Sreejesh used alternately inside of the Olympic Video games matches. “They (the youngsters) are like my eyes, so you might nonetheless most likely’t have a fave eye. However you may have bought you have gotten bought you have gotten bought only 1 coronary heart, so that’s for my spouse,” he cited.

“In matches, I may rotate sticks and I strive to make use of each and every the sticks with the names of my son and daughter. My daughter likes purple whereas my son likes blue. “However in shootouts, you don’t have a resolution, you intend to make use of one stick. In a linked manner, after you perhaps married, you don’t have resolution,” he quipped.

“You may need bought you have gotten bought to maintain every particular person blissful.” Speakme of happiness, Sreejesh cited he never forces his picks on his teens and would never would enormously like them to go to come again and forth confused by utilizing his prosperous legacy either. “My daughter cited she likes swimming, so I sent her for swimming and after seeing (PV) Sindhu, she desired to boost to be a badminton participant. I cited you initiate badminton no bother.

“My son desired to boost to be Virat Kohli, on the opposite hand now he is now not working out at all. He cited ‘no dad I may’t sweat’…in the adventure that they admire up one thing I am increased than blissful simply because I don’t would enormously like my name to be a burden on their shoulders.

“In India you do may be predisposed to examine teens with mother and father. I don’t do that,” cited the man who became an exceptional deal concept to be the coronary heart of the Indian crew.