Olympic hockey hero from Odisha, Birendra Lakra, has been invited to ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ telecast on the Sony Entertainment Television.
The vice-captain of Indian Men’s Hockey team among bronze medal-winning players; Manpreet Singh (captain), P.R. Sreejesh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh and Harmanpreet Singh, would be welcomed by host Kapil Sharma at the most popular stand-up comedy and talk show on Saturday (August 28). The shooting of the upcoming episode was completed at Film City, Mumbai, on Wednesday. Along with the Men’s Hockey eam, women players of national hockey squad, Rani Rampal (captain), Savita, Gurjit Kaur, Neha Goyal, Sushila Chanu and Navneet Kaur, would be seen at ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’. While Indian men’s team finished with a bronze against strong team Germany, ending a 41-year medal drought, women’s team narrowly missed third place, going down to Great Britain 3-4 in bronze-medal match at 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.