Tushar Khandker
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| Born |
April 5, 1985 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005 - 2008 | Bangalore Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 - present | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 - present | India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 26 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tushar Khandker (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian professional field hockey player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. [1] Khandker comes from a family of hockey players as his father, uncle and elder brother played the game.[2]
Career
Tushar Khandker made his debut in for India in 2003 when he was included in the Hockey Australia Challenge Cup in which he scored in his first game. He was a part of the team that won the 2004 Junior Asia Cup and the 2007 Men's senior Asia Cup, thereby becoming the first Indian to be a part of the Asian Cups for all age groups.[3]
Hockey India League
During the auction of the inaugural season of the Hockey India League, Khandker was bought by the Uttar Pradesh franchise for USD 14,000[4] with his base price being USD 13,900. The Uttar Pradesh team was named Uttar Pradesh Wizards.
References
- ^ "Tushar Khandker".
- ^ "Tushar Khandker up for new challenge in London Olympics". 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
- ^ "Our London Lions". Stick2hockey. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
- ^ "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". CNN-IBN. 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic field hockey players of India
- Asian Games medalists in field hockey
- Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh
- Indian male field hockey players
- Asian Games bronze medalists for India
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India
- Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games