Star defender Harmanpreet Singh on Wednesday termed his nomination for this yr’s FIH Player of the Year award as an ideal honor and a recognition of his exhausting work all these years for the nationwide hockey workforce.
Harmanpreet who was a part of the silver medal-winning squad at this yr’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and gained the bronze medal on the 2021 Asian Champions Trophy in Dhaka, gained the highest prize and gained her first prize within the 2020-21 version. “It is my great honor to be nominated once again for the FIH Player of the Year Award. I have always tried to give my best and contribute to the success of the team and it feels great when your hard work is recognized through the FIH Star Awards,” Harmanpreet was quoted as saying in a press launch.
“I would also like to congratulate all the other nominees in the Indian men’s and women’s teams,” he added.
Now it is time to vote on your favourite hockey star! I
Player of the Year (Men) – Harmanpreet Singh
Goalkeeper of the Year (Men) – PR Sreejesho
Rising Star of the Year (Male) – Sanjay
Men’s Team Coach of the Year – Graham Reid pic.twitter.com/F61gpL9wLX— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) September 7, 2022
The 26-year-old joins a number of different Indian hockey gamers from the lads’s and ladies’s groups, together with the coaches of the respective groups, for the coveted award in numerous classes.
Some of the massive names are PR Sreejesh (‘Goalkeeper of the Year’ Men), Savita (‘Goalkeeper of the Year’ Women), Sanjay (‘Rising Star of the Year’ Men), Mumtaz Khan (‘Rising Star of the Year’) . ‘ Women), Graham Reid (“Coach of the Year” Men), and Janke Schopman (“Coach of the Year” Women). Harmanpreet highlighted the truth that India’s hockey gamers are sometimes nominated for prime awards, indicating that the game within the nation has improved rather a lot over time and can also be witnessing fast development. “Last time we had swept all of the awards and this time we’ve got been nominated for many of them, which reveals that we’ve got achieved properly within the final two years.
“The Indian men’s and women’s teams have grown at a tremendous pace and I think we can deliver even better results in the future. These are very exciting times for Indian hockey,” stated Harmanpreet.
The Punjab man additionally emphasised that doing properly within the upcoming FIH Hockey Pro League is a serious aim to additional enhance as a workforce. “We are trying ahead to our FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 matches. After the tip of the Commonwealth Games, we’ve got labored on some features.
“Hopefully, we will additional enhance our recreation and be a greater workforce. We completed third within the final version of the FIH Hockey Pro League. We will attempt to enhance our leads to the following version of the competitors.”
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
