Acting Secretary of BCCI Amitabh Chaudhary felicitated former India Women’s Hockey captain Sumrai Tete on Monday. Divisional Railway Manager of Ranchi Rail Division Vijay Kumar Gupta along with top officials of Ranchi Rail Division was also present during the programme.
Tete was recently awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 by President Ramnath Kovind at Rasthrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on the occasion of National Sports Day on August 29. Tete is the first woman Hockey player to bag this prestigious national award.
Remarkably, it was under Tete’s captaincy that Indian clinched Commonwealth Games hockey silver at Melbourne in 2006. 38-year-old midfielder was also part of the team when Indian women won the gold medal in the 2002 Manchester Commonwealth games. She is currently working as an office superintendent at Hatia station under South Eastern Railway.
Notably, CM Raghubar Das had also announced has as the brand ambassador for Jharkhand hockey.