Of Thakur Singh and the Sansapur hand in the wizard Dhyan Chand's magic

By Dil Bahra


Dhyan Chand (l) and Thakar Singh (r)

It’s perhaps only a myth but it says much about the magical skills of Dhyan Chand, acclaimed as the best hockey player in history. A statue of ‘The Wizard’ in Vienna Austria, the story goes, depicted him to possess four hands and as many hockey sticks – the underlying message being his skills were impossible with just two hands.