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Asian Champions Trophy 2023: Selvam Karthi treasures Birender Lakra’s Olympic headband, scores against Malaysia

During the 2022 Asia Cup in Jakarta, a fresh-faced Selvam Karthi scored on his senior debut against Pakistan. In the following match against Japan, Karthi was seen sporting a blue headband to go with his India blue kit and so did Birender Lakra. Asian Champions Trophy 2023: India overwhelms Malaysia to go top of the table The goal was special …

Asian Champions Trophy: Selvam Karthi inspires India to 5-0 rout of Malaysia

Growing up in Ariyalur town, 350km from Chennai, Selvam Karthi had not just dreamt of playing for the Indian men’s hockey team but also winning matches in the blue jersey. India players celebrate during the match against Malaysia in the Asian Champions Trophy 2023, at Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium, in Chennai The 21-year-old slowly started realising his dreams when he …

Asia Cup 2022: India beats Indonesia 16-0, qualifies for next round

Rising to the occasion, Indian men's hockey team slammed six goals in the final quarter for a crushing 16-0 victory against Indonesia, a result that took the holder into the knockout stage of the Asia Cup but shut the World Cup door on Pakistan, here on Thursday. Rajbhar doubled India's lead a minute later through a rebound from the team's …

Asia Cup 2022: Tamil Nadu players back in Indian men's senior hockey after 13 years

Forward S. Karthi and midfielder Mareeswaran Sakthivel from Tamil Nadu have been included in the Indian team for the Asia Cup men’s hockey tournament to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from May 23 to June 1. This ends a 13-year long wait for Tamil Nadu player representing India in the senior team when Gunasekar and Naveen participated in the 2009 …