V R Raghunath, P R Sreejesh & Ramandeep Singh to get cash award
New Delhi, 4 September 2013: Hockey India today announced a cash award for its three players who were part of the Indian Men’s Hockey team that won Silver medal at the 9th Men’s Asia Cup at Ipoh, Malaysia.
Hockey India will give Rupees One Lakh each to defender V R Raghunath for winning Most Outstanding Player of the Tournament Award and Vice-Captain & Goalkeeper P R Sreejesh for Goalkeeper of the tournament Award. Alongwith this Hockey India will also give Rupees One Lakh to its debutant forward Ramandeep Singh for scoring a goal on debut for the national team. Ramandeep scored his first international goal against Oman in their opening match of the tournament.
Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General Hockey India congratulated the senior men team for winning silver medal at the Asia Cup. “Out of four individual awards at the 9th Men’s Asia Cup, Indian players have won two of them. It speaks highly about the performance of Indian team. Debutant Ramandeep Singh also deserves a special mention for his maiden goal in his debut match” said Dr. Batra.
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