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This will be a litmus test for Sjoerd Marijne and his boys

#3 Mastering the drag flick

Harmanpreet Singh

Harmanpreet Singh is one of the most impressive youngsters in the India camp having won the 2016 Promising Player of the Year Award from the Asian Hockey Federation.

Harmanpreet has been instrumental in India's recent victories, playing a vital role in defence and also as a drag-flicker. Harmanpreet scored through drag-flicks for India in the last eight encounter of the HWL Final against Belgium and also against Germany.

Coach Sjoerd Marijne has stressed that all the young defenders are doing extra training on their drag flicks so the team can now have more penalty corner specialists.

About the author

Subhashish has been an Indian sports journalist at Sportskeeda since 2017. He primarily covers hockey along with other Indian Sports, and endeavors to bridge the coverage gap between the multitude of Indian sports and cricket via his articles. Subhashish’s interest in Indian sports peaked after watching a few hockey and football matches live during his childhood days, and has also played Hockey, Football, Table Tennis, Badminton at school and college level.

As a journalist, he covered every single Indian hockey match at the 2018 & 2022 Commonwealth Games, 2018 & 2023 Asian Games, 2018 Women's World Cup, 2018 & 2023 Men’s World Cup and the 2021 Olympics. An interview specialist, he has conducted over 100 interviews with the Indian Men's and Women's Hockey team, and has also been part of the UK-based DesiSportsCast Podcast.

Subhashish’s favorite Indian athlete is Vandana Katariya for her relentlessness and never-say-die attitude. For him, India men's hockey team's 7-1 win over Pakistan in 2017 Hockey World League semis on the same day as India men's cricket team's loss to the same opponent in the Champions Trophy final is an iconic moment in Indian Sports history.

When not writing, he likes to spend his free time blogging, singing, jogging, and trekking.

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Edited by Argha Bhattacharya