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The ‘Nice Wall of Indian Hockey’ PR Sreejesh will quickly be seen in a brand new function following his retirement from the game, with Hockey India set to announce him because the coach of the junior nationwide crew. Sreejesh, 36, introduced the curtain down on his illustrious goalkeeping profession following India’s victory over Spain within the bronze-medal match on Thursday. Sreejesh, whose superb 18-year-long profession noticed India clinch two Olympic bronze medals (2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris), is thought to be the all-time hockey goalkeeper the nation has produced.
“Sure, we are going to appoint Sreejesh as the lads’s junior crew coach (under-21) in a number of days. We’ve mentioned this with him and there’s no one higher than him to information and nurture the children,” Hockey India president Dilip Tirkey informed PTI from Paris.
“He has extraordinary capabilities, which he confirmed in Paris in opposition to Britain. Not simply that, he can even be guiding the youthful generations of goalkeepers,” added Tirkey.
Hockey India additionally desires Sreejesh to information the present senior crew goalkeepers, Krishan Bahadur Pathak and Suraj Karkera, who will substitute him within the facet.
“We might additionally like Sreejesh to be concerned in guiding Krishan and Suraj who’re going to exchange him. He has huge expertise and is aware of the methods of the commerce,” added Tirkey.
Sreejesh will likely be essential to India’s success within the males’s Junior World Cup to be held in India in December subsequent yr.
“Sreejesh can also be very essential for us to information and encourage the crew in subsequent yr’s Junior World Cup as up to now additionally he has helped the junior facet,” stated Tirkey.
Tirkey stated he was glad with the Indian hockey crew’s efficiency in Paris, saying the crew performed like a cohesive unit.
“We at the least repeated our (Tokyo 2021) efficiency though we all the time targetted the gold medal. However, for me proper now, a bronze is nearly as good as gold. The crew performed extraordinarily effectively and there was unity among the many gamers, which was seen within the sport in opposition to Britain,” he added.
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