The Indian men’s and women’s Teams have grown at a tremendous pace: Harmanpreet Singh

Along
with
the
defender,
PR
Sreejesh
(FIH
Goalkeeper
of
the
Year
Men),
Savita
(FIH
Goalkeeper
of
the
Year
Women),
Sanjay
(FIH
Rising
Star
of
the
Year
Men),
Mumtaz
Khan
(FIH
Rising
Star
of
the
Year
Women),
Graham
Reid
(FIH
Men’s
Team
Coach
of
the
Year
Men)
and
Janneke
Schopman
(FIH
Women’s
Team
Coach
of
the
Year
Women)
have
also
been
nominated
for
FIH
Hockey
Star
Awards
2021-22.

Harmanpreet,
who
was
part
of
the
Bronze
medal-winning
team
at
the
Asian
Champions
Trophy
Dhaka
2021
and
Silver
medal-winning
team
at
the
Birmingham
2022
Commonwealth
Games,
opened
up
about
being
nominated
for
the
prestigious
award.

“It’s
a
huge
honour
for
me
to
be
nominated
for
the
FIH
Player
of
the
Year
Award
yet
again.
I
have
always
tried
to
give
my
best
and
contribute
to
the
team’s
success
and
it
feels
great
when
your
hard
work
is
recognized
through
the
FIH
Star
Awards.
I
would
also
like
to
congratulate
all
the
other
nominees
in
the
Indian
men’s
and
women’s
teams,”
said
Harmanpreet.

The
defender
added
that
the
FIH
Star
Awards
nominations
show
that
the
Indian
teams
are
growing
at
a
rapid
pace.
“Last
time
we
swept
all
the
awards
and
this
time
we
have
been
nominated
for
most
of
them,
which
shows
that
we
have
performed
brilliantly
over
the
last
two
years.

“The
Indian
men’s
and
women’s
Teams
have
grown
at
a
tremendous
pace
and
I
feel
that
we
can
produce
even
better
results
in
the
future.
These
are
very
exciting
times
for
Indian
hockey,”
said
the
defender.

Speaking
about
the
Indian
Men’s
Hockey
Team’s
immediate
goals,
Harmanpreet
said,
“We
are
eagerly
looking
forward
to
our
FIH
Hockey
Pro
League
2022-23
matches.
We
have
worked
on
a
few
aspects
after
the
end
of
CWG.
Hopefully,
we
can
improve
upon
our
game
further
and
become
an
even
better
side.
In
the
last
edition
of
the
FIH
Hockey
Pro
League,
we
finished
third.
We’ll
look
to
better
our
results
in
the
next
edition
of
the
competition.”

Source:
Hockey
India