Sunshine following dark days for Sardar Singh

Just before the 2018 edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah, reports started doing the rounds that Sardar Singh would announce his retirement after it.

By Swaroop Swaminathan


Having packed his bags after being overlooked for CWG, Sardar finds himself in happy zone before Asian Games

CHENNAI : Just before the 2018 edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah, reports started doing the rounds that Sardar Singh would announce his retirement after it. Obituaries were already penned as the management saw no place for him in the side. Sardar himself had believed those reports and had even cleaned out his room before a change of guard at the top offered him a new lease of life. In an extensive interview with Express, he talks about that phase, how he dealt with it and the targets for the season. Excerpts...