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Rohidas and Lakra represented the men's team, while Ekka and Toppo were part of the women's team.
Praising Shamsheer’s generosity, Sreejesh said, "Decisions like these are guided by a selfless interest in sports."
Indian men's hockey team defeated Germany 5-4 in the playoff to win a bronze medal, their first medal after the gold in the Moscow Olympics.
The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match.
The Indian men's hockey team defeated Great Britain 3-1 in a quarterfinal match to qualify for the semifinals of Olympics Games after 49 years here on Sunday. India scored three field goals through Dilpreet Singh (7th minute), Gurjant Singh (16th) and Hardik Singh (57th) to seal the win for the eight-time Olympic champions.
The Indian men's and women's hockey teams will play three matches each in their Test event for Olympics in Tokyo.
Having topped their pool featuring eventual champions Belgium, the hosts made a quarterfinal exit, going down to the Netherlands 1-2 in the World Cup.
Eyeing to rewrite history after a hiatus of 43 years, India lost 1-2 to Netherlands in the fourth and last quarterfinal to crash out of the tournament.
Hockey India on Wednesday named a 34-member core group for the final national camp before the season-ending men's World Cup, to be held in Bhubaneswar.
While the men lost 2-4 to Malaysia on Sunday, the women's team suffered a 1-3 defeat at the hands of Argentina later in the day.
The coach said India will settle for nothing less than defending their title in the Games, but admitted it is easier said than done.
For coach Harinder Singh, who took charge a few months back, a title in Jakarta would enter into record books as India have never won back-to-back gold in the continental showpiece.
Harendra further revealed that they had conducted blood tests of all 48 athletes - who are currently training at SAI centre in Bengaluru ahead of the Champions Trophy - and the results have revealed a food-related deficiency in some of the players.
Under the guidance of Harendra, who led the Indian junior men's hockey team to the WC title in 2016, the women's team finished an impressive fourth at the 2018 CWG.
Hockey India also declared that forward Rani Rampal will continue as the women's team captain.
India had won silver medals in the previous two editions of CWG, ending runners-up to Australia on both occasions.
Not only the poor conversion but defensive lapses too played a huge rule in India's defeat, which means the silver medallists from the last two editions will now fight with England in the bronze medal match on Saturday.
Varun Kumar and Mandeep Singh struck in dying minutes of the game as the Indian men's hockey team pulled off a thrilling 4-3 win over England to top Pool B in the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday.
Drag Flick specialist Harmanpreet Singh (3rd minute and 44th minute) scored twice from penalty corners to steer India to the win against Malaysia.
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