Born on February 27, 1986, Sandeep Singh is an Indian Hockey professional field hockey player and an ex-captain of Indian National team. He hails from Shahabad town in Kurukshetra, Haryana, and was born to Gurcharan Singh and Daljit Kaur. His elder brother, Bikramjeet Singh, is also a field hockey player and plays for Indian Oil.
Singh’s international debut was in January 2004 in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He took over as the captain of the Indian national team in January 2009, and Rajpal Singh succeeded him later in 2010. Singh is a well known drag-flicker. At a time he was said to have the best speed in the world in drag flick (speed 145 km/h). Under his captaincy, the Indian team manmad aged to clinch the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2009 after defeating Malaysia in the finals at Ipoh. India won the title after a long wait of 13 years. Singh was also the top goal scorer of the tournament.
The India men’s national field hockey team has qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London after a gap of 8 years. The team had a resounding victory over France in the finals of the Olympic qualifiers by beating France 8-1. Ace drag-flicker Singh starred in the final against France by scoring five goals – including a hat-trick – all from penalty corners (19th, 26th, 38th, 49th and 51st minutes). Singh was the highest scorer of the Olympic qualifiers tournament by scoring 16 goals.
Sandeep Singh became the fifth highest-paid marquee player at the inaugural Hockey India League auctions as the Mumbai franchise bought him for USD 64,400 with his base price being USD 27,800. The Mumbai team has been named Mumbai Magicians. Scoring 11 goals in 12 games, Singh emerged as the top scorer in the first edition of the league.
On 22 August 2006, Singh was seriously injured after being hit by an accidental gunshot in Shatabadi train, while on his way to join the national team due to leave for the World Cup in Germany two days later. He was almost paralyzed and on wheel chair for two years of his life. Singh not only recovered from that serious injury, but also established himself again in the team.
Sandeep Singh scored the most goals and won the Man of the Tournament award in the 2009 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Scoring 16 goals, Singh was the leading goal scorer in the qualifying tournament for the 2012 London Olympics. Sandeep Singh is also recipient of Arjuna Award for his landmark achievements in field hockey.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who replaced Harbhajan Singh in the 3rd Test of the ongoing Series between India and Pakistan?
2. Which team won the Deodhar Trophy 2013 One-Day Cricket Championship?
3. Who remained top scorer for Australia in the first Innings of the 3rd Test?
4. How many runs Parvez Rasool scored and how many wickets he took in the final of the Deodhar Trophy Championship 2013 while representing North Zone?
5. Who is Unmukt Chand?
Answers of the last week:
1. Cheteshwar Pujara 2. Pouni Club 3. Virender Sehwag 4. 60 runs 5. Indian Trap Shooter.
The best entry of this week was received from Aniket Gupta of H No 44, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Pawan Sharma of Poonch, Sanjay Dhar of Lane 1, H No 3, Upper Lakshmi Nagar, Jammu, Rahul Choudhary of Sari Rakwal, Gou Manasa Road, Jammu, Suman Rajput of Lower Barnai, Jammu, Rakesh Kumar of Talab Tilloo, Jammu and Rajat Sharma of Janipur colony, Jammu.
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