New Delhi: The Indian men hockey team\u2019s midfielder Manpreet Singh and forward Gurwinder Singh Chandi both completed their 100th international cap on Tuesday during the match against Australia in the XX Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow, Scotland marking India\u2019s third game in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the duo\u2019s achievement, Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General, Hockey India said, \u201cHockey India is pleased to see a well rehearsed performance by both Manpreet Singh and Gurwinder Singh Chandi during their XX Commonwealth Games 2014 outing. The timing of them both completing their 100th international cap couldn\u2019t have been better, as I believe this achievement on a world class platform will motivate them to perform even better in the remaining matches of the tournament. I would like to congratulate the two on behalf of the entire Hockey India family for achieving this milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Gurwinder Singh Chandi making his comeback in the team for this tournament, he made his international debut for the national side in the 4-Nations Cup in Australia in 2008. He even represented India at major tournaments including FIH Men\u2019s World Cup in 2010, London Olympic Games in 2012 and Champions Trophy in 2012.<\/p>\n
Completing his 100 caps along with teammate Gurwinder Singh Chandi, the 22 year old Manpreet Singh made his international debut at the Asian Champions Trophy, Ordos in 2011. Since his debut, Manpreet Singh has represented India in almost all the major tournaments including London Olympic Games in 2012, Champions Trophy in 2012, Asia Cup in 2013 and FIH Men\u2019s World Cup in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The Indian men hockey team\u2019s midfielder Manpreet Singh and forward Gurwinder Singh Chandi both completed their 100th international cap on Tuesday during the match against Australia in the XX Commonwealth Games 2014 at Glasgow, Scotland marking India\u2019s third game in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the duo\u2019s achievement, Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General, Hockey India said, \u201cHockey India is pleased to see a well rehearsed performance by both Manpreet Singh and Gurwinder Singh Chandi during their XX Commonwealth Games 2014 outing. The timing of them both completing their 100th international cap couldn\u2019t have been better, as I believe this achievement on a world class platform will motivate them to perform even better in the remaining matches of the tournament. I would like to congratulate the two on behalf of the entire Hockey India family for achieving this milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Gurwinder Singh Chandi making his comeback in the team for this tournament, he made his international debut for the national side in the 4-Nations Cup in Australia in 2008. He even represented India at major tournaments including FIH Men\u2019s World Cup in 2010, London Olympic Games in 2012 and Champions Trophy in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n