My Game

Hockey runs in my blood. My grandfather and father played at the national level.

Why did you take to hockey ?

Hockey runs in my blood. My grandfather and father played at the national level. My uncle Subodh Khandekar was an international player. My older brother and I have played nothing but hockey.

Favourite moment

When we beat Pakistan in Karachi in 2004 to clinch the Junior Asia Cup. I got a hat-trick during that triumph.

Favourite player

Teun de Nooijer

One way how hockey has changed your life

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Hockey has given me everything. I earn a livelihood out of hockey.

One thing you’d like to change about the sport

I want to see more playable pitches in our country.

Patna, Oct 5 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi pose for a picture with showing index fingers during a Press Conference on review of poll preparedness for forthcoming Assembly Elections in Bihar, in Patna, on Sunday (ANI Photo).

Bihar to vote in two phases on Nov 6 and 11; shortest Assembly polls in over two decades

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Bihar will hold a two-phase election on November 6 and 11, with results declared on November 14. Shorter polling schedules have become a trend in the state, with the last three Assembly elections having fewer phases. The ruling NDA government will face competition from RJD and Congress, while a new party may join the race.

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