~ Abhishek has been nominated in two classes at sixth version of the Hockey India Annual Awards ~
New Delhi, thirtieth March 2024: The stage is ready for the extremely anticipated sixth version of the Hockey India Annual Awards, set to happen on Sunday, in New Delhi. This 12 months’s awards ceremony boasts an unprecedented complete prize pool of INR 7.56 crores. A complete of 32 nominations spanning eight classes have clinched a spot on the shortlist for these annual accolades. These nominees shall be lauded for his or her outstanding contributions to Indian hockey all through the 2023 calendar 12 months.
The celebrated awards ceremony shall be graced by Hockey Legends together with Olympians Raghbir Lal, A.S. Bakshi, Harbinder Singh, Ashok Diwan, Zafar Iqbal, Ajit Pal Singh, Romeo James, Jagbir Singh, M.P. Singh, and Vineet Kumar. Hockey India Secretary Basic Shri Bhola Nath Singh, and Treasurer Shri Sekar J Manoharan shall be current, together with Hockey India Government Board Members. Different notable attendees embrace Shri R Vineel Krishna, IAS, Commissioner-Cum-Secretary DSYS, Odisha; Dr Atulya Misra, IAS, Further Chief Secretary to Authorities of Tamil Nadu, and Shri Meghanath Reddy, IAS, Member Secretary SDAT, Tamil Nadu.
Among the many nominees is Indian ahead Abhishek, who loved an incredible 12 months making a mark together with his stellar performances. For his constant show, Abhishek has been nominated in two classes – Hockey India Dhanraj Pillay Award for Ahead of the Yr 2023 (Males) and Hockey India Balbir Singh Sr. Award for Participant of The Yr 2023 (Males).
Talking on his twin nominations, Abhishek stated, “It’s a matter of nice honour for me to be nominated this 12 months in two classes. I want to thank the Hockey India help employees, our coaches and my teammates who continually supported me and all the time suggested me every time I used to be in want. Due to their fixed backing, I gained confidence and was capable of carry out freely.”
Abhishek, who scored three targets in six video games on the FIH Odisha Hockey Males’s Hockey World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, continued his type on the Hangzhou Asian Video games, the place he scored 9 targets in 7 video games, serving to his facet to a Gold medal win. He was additionally named the Participant of the Match after India’s thrilling 2 – 2 (8 – 7 SO) win over Spain on the FIH Males’s Hockey Professional League 2023/24 final month in Rourkela.
Recapping the final 12 months, Abhishek stated, “It was a very good 12 months for me. Each time I step out on the sphere sporting the Indian jersey, my intention is to make sure that I give my very best to assist my workforce get the specified outcome. Greater than the person achievements, it’s about guaranteeing the workforce performs effectively and they can discover me within the desired positions on the appropriate instances, and that’s what I labored on this 12 months. I hope to proceed to enhance as we go additional into the present 12 months.”
With the Paris Olympics approaching, the Indian Males’s Hockey Crew will tour Australia to compete in a five-match Take a look at collection towards the World No. 5 workforce. Talking on the significance of the tour, Abhishek stated that the approaching collection is an opportunity for the Indian workforce to work on key areas forward of the Olympics.
“This is a crucial 12 months for each one with the Paris Olympics arising. Our workforce is targeted on bettering ourselves forward of main competitions and therefore, all of us are actually trying ahead to the tour of Australia to check ourselves and our methods towards robust opposition,” he signed off.
The awards will telecast stay on DD Sports activities, and also will be livestreamed on Hockey India YouTube Web page (https://youtube.com/stay/