Sardar Singh's unflinching determination during long career makes him an all-time great

Sundeep Misra


It is also fate that his 300th came against the Olympic champions Argentina and the 2-1 win was the icing on the cake. Image courtesy: Twitter @TheHockeyIndia

On 21 March, the Indian hockey team for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) had been announced. Besides the usual suspects, there were a couple of newcomers – Dilpreet Singh and Vivek Prasad. But most news establishments ran with the headline: Sardar Singh axed as Hockey India announce 18-member squad. The Times of India headlined: Sardar, Ramandeep dropped for varied reasons. The Indian Express wrote: Old hand Sardar Singh loses out to fresh legs in hockey squad for CWG 2018 while The Hindustan Times said Sardar Singh axed, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh makes comeback.