Indian hockey players Hardik Singh and Salima Tete were named Balbir Singh Sr. Award Player of the Year for 2023 in the men's & women's categories, respectively at the Hockey India Awards 2023 in New Delhi.

Awards

Indian hockey players Hardik Singh and Salima Tete were named Balbir Singh Sr. Award Player of the Year for 2023 in the men's & women's categories, respectively at the Hockey India Awards 2023 in New Delhi. Indian men’s team vice-captain Hardik Singh was a part of the bronze medal-winning hockey team at the Tokyo 2023 Olympics and won the Asian Games 2023 gold medal last year. The 25-year-old also won the Midfielder of the Year award. Salima Tete, an Olympian, was in the women’s team that won the bronze medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year. Tete was also selected as the winner of the Asian Hockey Federation’s Emerging Player of the Year Award in 2023.


      Meanwhile, the Hangzhou Asian Games gold-medal-winning Indian men’s team and the bronze-medal winning Indian women’s hockey team were also felicitated.

      PR Sreejesh was felicitated with the prestigious Hockey India Baljit Singh Award for Goalkeeper of the Year.

      Sreejesh was presented with a trophy for earning his 300th international cap.

 

     


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