New Delhi [India], September 23 (ANI): Olympic bronze medal-winning Indian hockey workforce goalkeeper PR Sreejesh on Friday posted a tweet through which he expressed his disappointment at IndiGo airways for charging him further for his “goalkeeper baggage”.
The goalkeeper highlighted that the International Hockey Federation (FIH) permits him to hold a hockey stick which is over 40 inches, nonetheless quite the opposite the airline demanded greater than a thousand rupees for him to hold the identical.
Sreejesh took to Twitter and wrote a submit, “FIH allow me to play with a 41 inch hockey stick, but @IndiGo6E never allow me to carry anything over 38inch. What to do? Pay extra Rs 1,500 for handling the goalkeeper baggage,” with a hashtag loot.
Sreejesh has just lately been nominated for the FIH Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award 2021-22. Sreejesh was part of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics bronze medal-winning workforce.
The star goalkeeper was awarded the ‘World Games Athlete of the Year 2021’ award for his excellent efficiency in 2021. He grew to become the second Indian participant to obtain this award.
The Indian workforce have been drawn in Pool D with England, Spain and Wales for the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, scheduled to be performed from January 13-29 2023. (ANI)