From L to R: Raghunath (standing), Rajpal Singh (the one with white
patka), Gurbaj Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Dilip Tirkey (with his back at us)
We spoke to Dilip Tirkey. He shook hands and thanked us (each one of us - me, hubby, and K) for coming to watch the match. He is a total gentleman. In fact, the whole team is. No starry airs. Its high time they started getting offers to endorse products and get more coverage. A lot of people who come to see these matches know a lot about hockey, and by the looks of it are passionate about it. The match gets over in 70 mins and is a treat to watch. Why cricket is so bigger than hockey is beyond me.
The Olympics qualifiers is in March in Santiago, Chile. One amongst Austria, Bangladesh, Chile,
Great Britain, India, Mexico will qualify for the Olympics. India stands a very good chance. Sardara Singh was saying, "
Koi gall hee nai jee, qualify kar laange. Twaada s'port* chaida bass". Of course we s'port* you!
* s'port - Sikh's way of saying "support". (I know, I'm married to one!)