Hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh appointed co-chair of FIH Athletes Committee
While Caram has been assigned Athletes Committee Representative in the Executive Board, Sreejesh will lead the planning and meetings.
While Caram has been assigned Athletes Committee Representative in the Executive Board, Sreejesh will lead the planning and meetings.
While this achievement in itself puts Sreejesh among the world's greatest players, he opined that results are what make one great.
Tom Wickham, previously denied a goal by PR Sreejesh, was able to score on in 33rd minute, followed by a 41st-minute strike by Jeremy.
The Indian team has been drawn in Pool D with England, Spain and Wales in the showpiece event.
The women's hockey team also competed in a fitness challenge and as part of that they tweeted fitness videos to raise funds to help those whose lives have been adversely impacted by the pandemic.
In the absence of the senior players, Harmanpreet Singh and Mandeep Singh have been named the captain and vice-captain, respectively, and two players -- Ashis Topno and Shamsher Singh -- earned their debut spots.
With this victory, the defending champions registered their highest ever victory margin in the history of the Asian Games.
The 17-0 win is India's best record at the Asian Games with their previous best being 12-0 win against Bangladesh in 1982.
Indian Hockey team-led by PR Sreejesh will kick-start their campaign in Asian Games 2018 on Friday against Hong Kong.
The Indian team believes moving up to World No.5 is the big boost to do well at the upcoming 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and the Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018.