New Delhi: P R Sreejesh will lead India’s Hockey team for the next Rio Olympic Games. His name was announced on Tuesday. Sreejesh will be Captain as well as Goal Keeper for the team. He is the first Malayali to become the captain of an Indian team at the Olympic Games.
India had won the Runners Up position after decades at the recently held Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Rajesh.
Rio Team: Harmanpreet Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh, Sardar Singh, V.R. Raghunath, S.K. Uthappa, P.R. Sreejesh (Captain), Danish Mujtaba, Devinder Walmiki, S.V. Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Chinglensana Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmiah.
