Bhubaneswar: India Skipper Vivek Sagar Prasad believes that the unity and team of teams is the biggest strength of his team going to the FIH Junior World Cup which began on November 24.
Highlighting the increase in the junior team since he first played with him in 2017, Prasad said, “The team performed better in 2018 and 2019, but in 2020, the Covid period was a period of struggle for all.” “But the players remain and trained together with The aim of winning the title (in Bhubaneswar), and therefore unity and bond between them has increased a lot.
Team structure also increases.
” India will open its title defense with clashes against France on the opening day of the event.
His captain, who was part of the historic Indian Olympic bronze medal team in Tokyo, named Maninder Singh, Rahul Rajbar and Sanjay as several key players on the side.
“I hope and I believe we will do it well in this tournament too,” he said in the Indian Hockey statement.
In 2017, Prasad led the Indian men’s junior team for the first time in the Johor Cup Sultan in Malaysia, where the team was third.
He was named after the tournament ‘player for his consistent performance.
In 2018, Prasad received a call to the senior side of the Indian man.
“In 2013, in one of the small tournaments in my village in the Elebial district, Madhya Pradesh, Ashok Dhyan Chand came as a major guest.
He picked me up from there and gave me the opportunity to come to the academy.
I was surprised like it was a big player called me to the academy.
I can’t believe it, “remember Prasad.
“Two years later, I came to the Indian National Camp Junior.
But unfortunately, I was not elected in the 33-man core group.
A week later, when I returned to the Academy, I suffered a big injury because my collar bone went bankrupt.
After surgery, I need.
About five months to recover.
“After I returned, I received another injury, and it was serious.
The doctor told my parents that there was a little chance of my recovery.
But I still focused on my recovery, and my family and friends helped me at that time, “he shared struggles and difficult days.