The German is the top seed going into the tournament
#5 Soumyajit Ghosh (India)
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The man from Siliguri is one of India’s rising stars
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Soumyajit is the prodigy India had been looking for a long time and over the last few years, he has constantly broken records. He became the youngest Indian player to have qualified for the Olympics at London in 2012.
He also became the youngest national champion at the age of 19 when he beat Sharath Kamal. He had turned heads for the first time when he led Indian side to the title in the Brazil Open in the U-21 category.
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Shraishth Jain
Shraishth Jain is a former sports journalist & content specialist, with over eight years of experience of working in the industry. A graduate of commerce, he earned his post-graduate diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi.
His journey in the field of sports journalism began as a freelancer with Sportskeeda in 2015, covering events from a wide range of sports across north India. He joined the organization full-time two years later and then worked at Times Now. Subsequently, he worked as a Media Officer at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) from 2019-2022, working in media operations, handling social media & PR for the federation and its various verticals, along with travelling with various national teams. He moved to RoundGlass Punjab FC for a season, before making the switch to working on his retail business.
He has been watching sports religiously for as long as he can remember. He is a die-hard Manchester United fan and spends almost all of his free time watching one sport or the other, and keeping tabs on the happenings in the world of sport around the globe.
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