{"id":2984,"date":"2012-03-05T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2984"},"modified":"2012-03-05T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T14:13:29","slug":"vikram-pillay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=2984","title":{"rendered":"Vikram Pillay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/hockey\/vikram_pillay.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Vikram Pillay\" width=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/><strong>Name of the sportsperson<\/strong>: Vikram Pillay<br \/><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Hockey<br \/><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Birth<\/strong>: 27-11-1981<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>State<\/strong>: Kirkee, Pune<br \/>\n<strong>Achievements and Awards<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Olympics, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Champions Trophy, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asian Games, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Afro- Asian Games, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Champions Challenge, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indo-Pak Hockey series, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Junior World cup, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asian Tournament, 2001.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 African Tournament, 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Australian Tournament, 2003.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 European Tournament, 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Profile:<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vikram Pillay was born on 27 November, 1981 in Kirkee near Pune. This field hockey midfielder has played for the Indian national filed hockey team. He presently lives in Mumbai. In the year 2002, he made his international debut for the man\u2019s national team. The debut was made during a four nation tournament held in Adelaide, South Australia. At the 2004 summer Olympics, Pillay has also represented his native country. In the tournament India finished in seventh place. Currently he is working for Indian Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>In the domestic field he has played for the teams namely Tata sports club in the year 2001, Air India in the year 2002, Indian Airlines from 2003 to present. Vikram Pillay participated in the junior national hockey championship two times.<\/p>\n<p>Ignace Tirkey made his senior debut in 2001 Azlan Shah Cup after winning gold at the Samaranch Cup. He played all matches at Hobart Jr. World Cup and narrowly missed the last World Cup after being part of the title winning Champions Challenge Cup, held a couple of months before KL World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Rajinder Sr. took him for the 2002 Australia Tour and then Pillay never looked back. He was adjudged \u2018Best Player\u2019 of the 2004 Holland Test Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/hockey\/vikram_pillay.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Vikram Pillay\" width=\"200\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" \/><strong>Name of the sportsperson<\/strong>: Vikram Pillay<br \/><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discipline<\/strong>: Hockey<br \/><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date of Birth<\/strong>: 27-11-1981<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>State<\/strong>: Kirkee, Pune<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[356,1554],"class_list":["post-2984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-hockey-profiles","tag-hockey","tag-vikram-pillay"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vikram Pillay - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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