30-06-2006 20:00
Dilip Tirkey captain for four-nation hockey
Ace defender and Olympian Dilip Tirkey will lead an 18-member Indian hockey squad in the double-leg four-nation tournament, to be held in Adelaide and Melbourne, Australia, from May 30 to June 9.
Other teams taking part in the tournament are hosts Australia, Olympic silver medallists South Korea and Malaysia.
Junior World Cup-winning captain Gagan Ajit Singh, who was overlooked for the senior World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, makes a return to the side as does Bimal Lakra.
After a week-long coaching camp at the National stadium, Delhi, the team was selected by a committee comprising Aslam Sher Khan, Jalaluddin, Iqbaljit Singh, K Jothikumaran and coaches Rajinder Singh and N S Sodhi.
Captain of the senior World Cup team Baljit Singh Dhillon and ace centre-forward Dhanraj Pillay were not considered for selection as they were not among the probables.
The team:
Goalkeepers: Devesh Chauhan (IOC), Bharat Chetri (Centre of Excellence).
Defenders: Dilip Tirkey (captain - Indian Airlines), Dinesh Nayak (Tamil Nadu), Jugraj Singh (Punjab).
Halves: S.S. Gill (Chandigarh), Viren Rasquinha (IOC), Bimal Lakra, Prabodh Tirkey (Centre of Excellence), Vikram Pillay (Air India), Ignace Tirkey (Services).
Forwards: Gagan Ajit Singh, Daljit Dhillon, Tejbir Singh (Punjab), Sameer Dad (AIr India), Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh (IOC) and Iqbal Singh (Railways).
Chief coach: Rajinder Singh; Assistant coach: N.S. Sodhi
Manager: S. P. Das.
Trainer: Edward Brient
Physiotherapist: Sampath Kumar.
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| Dilip Tirkey to play Dutch League hockey |
| NEW DELHI, APR 20 (PTI) |
Seasoned defender Dilip Tirkey would play in the Dutch League hockey tournament for the second consecutive year.
Dilip would take the flight to Amsterdam later tonight to play the professional tournament.
The Indian Airlines full back would play for the same side -- Klein Zwitserland -- for which he had turned up last year. He would be in the Netherlands for 20 days and play four matches during that period.
Dilip, who was suffering from an ankle injury, made his comeback to competitive hockey in the recent four-nation invitational meet at Monchengladbach, Germany.
"It's not a very long assignment. I will be there for 20 days and play four matches," he told PTI today.
On playing along side teammate Gagan Ajit Singh for a Dutch club, he said, "Gagan is there for quite some time. So it will be nice to play along side him once again for the same club." This year, after failing to make it to the Commonwealth Games squad, Gagan had joined Klien Zwiterland to play the Dutch League.
Besides Gagan, Dilip will have another companion during his stint in Holland as the veteran defender's wife Meera is also accompanying him on the tour.
Dilip will be back here by the second week of next month, before the Indian team's preparations for the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in Kuala Lumpur take off.
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| Dilip Tirkey from India |
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Name: Dilip Tirkey
Birth Date: 25/11/1975
Birth Place: India
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 67kg
Position: Right-Back
International Debut: 1995 | |
Gagan Singh Junior Cup - 2001
India are the men’s junior hockey World Champions 2001. They rode on a fine hat-trick by Sydney Olympian Deepak Thakur to convincingly beat Argentina 6-1 in the final and claim the title in the seventh edition of the tournament in Hobart, Australia.
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Gagan Ajit Singh
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The Tasmanian Hockey Centre was incandescent with joy in scenes of celebration by Indian expatriates as India captain Gagan Ajit Singh and his boys did a victory lap after coming up with a display of crisp, clean and clever hockey that saw them reign supreme.
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