Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], December 19 (ANI): Ace Indian hockey participant Amit Rohidas stated that the return of Hockey India League (HIL) is a superb growth, which can assist up-and-coming gamers by offering them publicity and enjoying time towards nationwide workforce senior and abroad stars and in addition increase their confidence.
Speaking to ANI, Rohidas, purchased by Tamil Nadu Dragons for Rs 48 lakh, spoke on the return of HIL, India’s back-to-back Olympic medal wins after a bronze at this yr’s Paris Olympics and Asian Champions Trophy win and so forth.
Speaking concerning the return of the Hockey India League, Rohidas recalled the way it helped him make a return to Team India in 2017 after he was omitted from the workforce in 2014 following his debut in 2013. Rohidas performed for Kalinga Lancers of their title-winning 2017 season and made a return to the Indian workforce and has been a vital a part of it since then.
“I would like to thank and congratulate Hockey India for this step. Through these leagues, players from different regions can showcase their game, get selected in the national camp and play for India. I have played HIL. In 2014, I was removed from Team India. My motto then was to play well in HIL and then come back to Team India. I was playing for my department and played HIL as well. I came back to the team in 2017 and have been a part of the team since then. I know how important this league is for players and how it helps them,” he stated.
He additionally stated that when Indian gamers, particularly the up-and-coming and home gamers, will get to play and mingle with Indian senior expertise and abroad stars, it is going to increase their confidence and power.
“Hockey India League will provide our players a chance to showcase their talent, even if they are not in the senior team, and a good income source as well. Most of the players are from poor families,” he stated.
He additionally stated that HIL will assist in the switch of data amongst gamers which can assist them.
“You get to know about other team’s structure, way of playing etc. This will help us, increase our confidence. It will help us win the Hockey LA28 Olympics gold medal. That is our motto, to win as much as possible,” he added.
This yr’s Hockey India League will showcase a powerful roster of eight males’s groups and 4 ladies’s groups, each leagues providing fast-paced, thrilling video games by way of their newly revamped codecs. The males’s league kicks off on December 28, in Rourkela on the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium, with the grand finale scheduled to happen on February 1, 2025.
Meanwhile, the ladies’s league begins on January 12, 2025 in Ranchi’s Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Munda Astro Turf Stadium, with the ultimate slated for January 26, promising an exhilarating competitors from begin to end.
On workforce India’s current bronze medal within the Paris Olympics after beating Spain within the bronze medal match by 2-1 in August and win over China to win the Asian Champions Trophy in September, Rohidas stated, “It feels great to have won back-to-back bronze medals at the Olympics. We had won a medal after over 40 years last time (in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics). We wanted to change the colour of the medal this time. But we are still happy to have won a medal and not have returned home empty-handed. To win the Asian Champions Trophy and have maintained our form in an Asian country after aglobal tournament, was great.” (ANI)