It’s a pleasing coincidence that in cricket and hockey, the 2 most necessary sports activities within the nation, two Indian captains have assumed duty as presidents of their respective nationwide federations.
If former India skipper Sourav Ganguly made a profitable swap to cricket administration, ex-India captain Dilip Tirkey gained the Hockey India (HI) election on Friday to step into the nationwide scene of hockey administration.
By the way, All India Soccer Federation is now headed by former India participant Kalyan Chaubey, whereas the Indian Olympic Committee’s president is former athlete Adille Sumariwalla.
Dilip can have a number of challenges to deal with whereas attempting to win again hockey’s followers by way of general growth of the game.
His election to the game’s high put up prompts one to look again at his wonderful journey from the distant tribal village of Saunamara in Odisha’s Sundargarh district.
Born in a household of hockey gamers on November 25, 1977, Dilip progressed from being a younger pupil of the B.S. Excessive Faculty to turning into one of many all-time nice defenders of Indian hockey. He performed 412 worldwide matches (the very best by an Indian) in his profession spanning from 1995 to 2009 and carried out the function of a strong full-back and a utility penalty nook hitter.
Dilip mixed together with his fellow Sundargarh defender and good friend Lazarus Barla to type a strong defensive wall for the nation in main competitions, together with the 1997 Junior World Cup in Milton Keynes, 1998 Asian Video games and the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
His dedication to the game and the nation was of the very best stage. Regardless of being a docile and soft-spoken individual, Dilip was courageous on the sector. Throughout a world match on the Nationwide Stadium in Delhi in 2004, a blazing shot from nice Pakistani drag-flicker Sohail Abbas hit Dilip on the suitable eye whereas defending a penalty nook. The damage shook Dilip to the core however couldn't dissuade him from the game.
Dilip served Indian hockey with distinction. He was the second tribal participant to captain India within the Olympics after Jaipal Singh Munda in 1928, performed in three Olympics (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens), three World Cups and three Asian Video games aside from Champions Trophy and Asia Cup.
He was a part of the Indian workforce that gained the 1998 Asian Video games gold and 2007 Asia Cup title. He captained Hyderabad Sultans to title win within the inaugural version of the primary ever hockey league, the Premier Hockey League, within the nation in 2005 after which led Orissa Steelers to the champions’ tag within the occasion in 2007.
Dilip Tirkey (second from left) celebrates together with his teammates throughout a Premier Hockey League recreation. | Photograph Credit score: File Photograph
After hanging up his stick, Dilip switched to politics and have become a Rajya Sabha member on a Biju Janata Dal ticket. He fought elections and took to social service, however saved in contact with hockey.
Later, backed by the state authorities, Dilip turned the chairman of the Odisha Hockey Promotion Council earlier than entering into federation politics by way of a brand new physique, Hockey Affiliation of Odisha.
As Odisha is all set to host the celebrated males’s Hockey World Cup for a second consecutive time, concurrently at Bhubaneswar and Rourkela, early subsequent yr, Dilip’s rise to the HI helm has unfolded as a well-written script.
The hockey fraternity would count on Dilip to guide the game once more, in a distinct function on the observe of growth.
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