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Krishan Pathak
Personal information
Full name Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Born (1997-04-24) 24 April 1997 (age 27)
Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 India U21 1
2018– India 20 (0)
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta Team
Champions Trophy
Silver medal – second place 2018 Breda
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2018 Muscat
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lucknow
Last updated on: 28 February 2019

Krishan Bahadur Pathak (born 24 April 1997) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Indian national team.

Early life

Pathak was born on 24 April 1997 in Kapurthala, Punjab. His family hails from a village in Nepal, but migrated to Punjab in 1990. Pathak's mother died when he was 12, while his father Tek Bahadur, a crane operator, died of a heart attack in 2016.[2][3]

Despite not being interested in the sport, Pathak had joined the Surjit Hockey Academy in Jalandhar when he was 12 at the insistence of his father.[2]

Career

Pathak was part of the Indian junior team that won the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup in Lucknow. He was then selected in the India A team for the 2017 Men's Australian Hockey League. He made his India senior team debut in January 2018 when the team participated in a four-team invitational tournament in New Zealand.[4] Pathak found a place in the squad for 2018 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup as India's first-choice goalkeeper P. R. Sreejesh was rested. He then played as a reserve goalkeeper in the 2018 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy where India won the silver medal and the 2018 Asian Games where India won bronze.

References

  1. ^ "PATHAK Krishan". www.worldcup2018.hockey. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b Raj, Pratyush (12 August 2018). "Sreejesh's understudy, Krishan worked at construction sites". The Times of India. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  3. ^ Iyer, Ravi (26 November 2016). "Friends in deed aid Krishan in tragedy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Fit-again PR Sreejesh named in India squad for New Zealand tour". India Today. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
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