Hockey India to present Rs. 1 lac each to Sardar Singh and Ritu Rani for winning AHF Awards

New Delhi 5 March 2013: While congratulating Indian captains, Sardar Singh and Ritu Rani — who have recently won Asian Hockey Federations Player of the Year (Men) AHF Youth Player of the Year, respectively – Hockey India has announced presentation of rs. 1 lac each.

Sardar and Ritu won the awards during the mid term Congress of the Asian Hockey Federation held in Kuala Lumpur on 2 March 2013.

While congratulating both Sardar Singh and Ritu Rani, Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra said: “Its an honour that two of our players have been selected for the most prestigious awards of Asian Hockey. I hope more and more Indian players will win such awards in future”.

Hockey India announced that it will be honouring the two players in the coming weeks in a special function, where each player will presented the trophy, given by the Asian Hockey Federation, along with a cheque of Rs 1 Lakh each in recognition of this feat.