Five players from Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy have been selected for the National Training Camp.
It is to be noted that the players from Madhya Pradesh State Hockey Academy Bhopal have been selected for Junior Boys National Coaching Camp. The camp is going to be held from March 11 till March 31 at the Indian Sports Authority (Sai Center) in Bangalore.
Selected players include Rakesh Dahiya, Akshay Awasthi and Ankit Pal (Gwalior), Sundaram Singh Rajawat (Itarsi) and Dina Chandra Singh (Manipur).
Before leaving for the camp, the selected players met Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen here on Wednesday. Sports Director Thoussen congratulated them while expressing happiness at the selection of the players at the National Camp. Encouraging the players to take on the talent, he said that success with hard work is sure. He also gave the best wishes to selected players.
It is worth noting that the said player is trained under the guidance of Tushar Khandker, Chief Instructor of Madhya Pradesh State Men's Hockey Academy.
Meanwhile two players from Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy Neelakanta Sharma and Vivek Sagar will represent the 18-member India team at of the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey competition. It will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from March 18. Of these players, Nilakanta Sharma is a former player of the academy, while Vivek Sagar Prasad is currently trained at the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy.
On selection of the players of the Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy in the Indian team, the State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari congratulated them and conveyed their best wishes for performing well in the competition. Director Sports and Youth Welfare S.L. Thoussen also congratulated them on the selection of the Hockey Academy players and congratulated them.