{"id":31900,"date":"2017-01-11T15:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31900"},"modified":"2017-01-11T15:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T15:52:04","slug":"kalinga-lancers-sanjeep-charged-up-for-hil-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31900","title":{"rendered":"Kalinga Lancers&#8217; Sanjeep charged up for HIL debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21188\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3.jpg\" alt=\"Kalinga Lancers3\" width=\"260\" height=\"161\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi: India&#8217;s Under-18 hockey team skipper Nilam Sanjeep Xess, who is making his <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/184-hockey-india-league\"><strong>Hockey India League<\/strong><\/a> (HIL) debut in the upcoming edition, on Wednesday said playing in the cash-rich league will go a long way in helping him improve his overall game.<\/p>\n<p>The teenage defender, who hails from Bargarh district in Odisha, said the league will also help him to find a route to improve financial situation back home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a huge opportunity for me. While I am very nervous to play against such top players in Coal India HIL, I am aware this exposure will make a lot of difference to my game,&#8221; he said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The money (approx Rs 2 lakh) from HIL will help me buy a kit and shoes. I also want to send some money for my parents as it will help them a great deal,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The HIL begins on January 21 and the last edition runners-up Lancers began their camp on Tuesday. &#8220;I am very excited. It is slowly starting to sink in that I will be playing with senior players. At the camp, I got to meet Devinder Walmiki, Pardeep Mor, Lalit Upadhyay and Dharamvir Singh from the senior squad,&#8221; Sanjeep said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also keep in regular touch with Birendra Lakra and Dipsan Tirkey (both from Odisha) to understand the challenges in the league and how I can keep calm. They motivate me a lot,&#8221; the defender said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanjeep made his India debut at the 12th South Asian Games last year in Guwahati. He was also part of the Junior India World Cup probables&#8217; camp at Sports Authority of India (SAI), South Centre in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n<p>He threw light on how useful the SAI camp for him, especially developing his drag-flicking skills.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That camp was very useful for me though I didn&#8217;t make it to the team. I am a defender and drag-flicker and I got to practice a lot with Harmanpreet Singh and worked on my technique.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is extremely good at drag-flicking and he motivates me a lot. The Junior World Cup win is a big inspiration for youngsters like me and I wish to emulate the team&#8217;s success in the future tournaments,&#8221; Sanjeep said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-21188\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3.jpg\" alt=\"Kalinga Lancers3\" width=\"260\" height=\"161\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3.jpg 260w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Kalinga-Lancers3-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>New Delhi: India&#8217;s Under-18 hockey team skipper Nilam Sanjeep Xess, who is making his <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/184-hockey-india-league\"><strong>Hockey India League<\/strong><\/a> (HIL) debut in the upcoming edition, on Wednesday said playing in the cash-rich league will go a long way in helping him improve his overall game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[6000,3356,466,20413],"class_list":["post-31900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hockey-hockey","tag-hockey-india-league","tag-hockey-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-nilam-sanjeep"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kalinga Lancers&#039; 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