Who are Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh? In front of whom Spain was battered, gave India its first victory

Rourkela: India started the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup with a bang as they beat Spain 2-0 in their opening match. Amit Rohidas scored the first goal for Team India in this match. Amit converted a penalty corner in the 12th minute of the first quarter to put India ahead 1-0. After this, Hardik Singh completed the right unturned. The second of the match went to Hardik Singh, who scored in the 26th minute of the second quarter. In such a situation, let’s know about Amit and Hardik Singh, who won Team India in the first match of the World Cup.

Amit Rohidas is a strong defender

Amit Rohidas is the vice-captain in the Indian team that went to play the world under the captaincy of Harmanpreet. Regarding Amit, it can be gauged from this that how big he is in the team. Amit is a brilliant defender of the Indian Hockey team. Amit Rohidas made his debut in the senior team of India in the year 2013. Since then, he has consistently impressed everyone with his game. Amit Rohidas has become a strong pillar of defender in the Indian hockey team.

Amit Rohidas hails from Sundergarh in Odisha where India’s legendary player Dilip Tirkey is from. Seeing him, Rohit started hockey. At the age of 11, Amit started honing his talent in hockey. Persistent hard work paid off and he was selected in the team for the Junior National Asia Cup in 2009. The Asia Cup was played in Myanmar and he was adjudged player of the tournament for his outstanding performance. After this, he was included in the Under-21 team in 2013 and from here he made his way to the senior team.

After his debut in the senior team, his game was not sharp and in the meantime he was also out of the team many times. After this he got a big chance in 2017. Since then, he kept improving his performance and achieved the distinction of becoming a member of the bronze medalist team in his Olympic debut itself.

Hardik is playing the first World Cup for India

The 24-year-old Hardik is playing his first World Cup for India. Earlier, he had participated in big tournament for India in Tokyo Olympics. Hardik comes from a place where the scent of hockey resides in the soil itself. There was a time when Hardik had decided to give up hockey but he decided to stay in the game after listening to his close relative and former drag fielder Jugraj Singh.

Hardik was born in Khusropur village in Jalandhar, Punjab and hockey is very popular here. This is the reason that Hardik is in India’s World Cup team today because of his hard work and dedication. In such a situation, the way he has scored a goal for the team against Spain in the opening match, it can be expected that he will be useful for India in further matches as well.

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