Manpreet Singh Pawar

Born: 26 June 1992

• He is an Indian field hockey player and the captain of India men’s national field hockey team since May 2017.
• He plays as a halfback.
• He first played for India in 2011 at the age of 19.
• He represented India at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was named Asia’s Junior Player of the Year in 2014.
• He was named in the Indian squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
• In 2013 he became captain of India junior men’s hockey team in the 2013 Men’s Hockey Junior World Cup.
• The Indian team also won the final gold medal under his captainship in the 2013 Sultan of Johor Cup after defeating Malaysia 3-0 in final where Manpreet also scored a goal.
• In 2014, he was titled Junior Player of the Year by the Asian Hockey Federation.

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