7 Unsung facts about Indian Hockey Legend Dhanraj Pillay that you may not have heard before in detail

Dhanraj Pillay, also known as “Hockey Wizard,” is regarded as one of the greatest hockey players ever.

He made his International debut for India in the year 1989 and had an outstanding career over 14 years where he brought glory to Men in Blue on distinct occasions.

We will go over each of these seven iconic facts about Legend Pillay in detail below:

1. He made his International debut in the year 1989 and played for 14 years, where he scored 339 goals where some of which came in marquee events like Asiad Championship, World Cup and Championship trophy.

2. For his epic contributions towards, to the game of Hockey he was awarded India’s Fourth Highest Civilian Honour “Padam Shri”.

3. Many of you would know, that he was born in Pune Maharastra in 1968 to a south Indian family. His mother played an important role in shaping his dreams towards Hockey.

4. He belongs to the list of few Indian players to have represented the country, in four Olympics, Four Championship trophy and Four Asian games where in certain occasion he bailed team out in these mega events and helped him to win the title.

5. He belongs to the list of few leaders to successfully guide India towards winning the Asian Games and Asia Cup in the year 1998 and 2003 respectively.

6. His brilliance as player can be brilliantly understood by the fact, that he featured in World X1 at the 1994 World Cup.

7. For those who are ardent fan of Hockey and his skills as player, want to know more about anecdotes related to his life, struggle, his rise as a player and unsung facts about him can read his autiobiography which was launched in the year 2007, known as “Forgive me Amma” written by Sundeep Misra. .

As a fan, I always think the man was not given enough credit for the contribution he made towards uplifting Indian Hockey also he was a fan of Mohammad Shahid, He himself was a phenomena and deserve to be celebrated immensely.