Surender Kumar Hockey Player Biography: Achievements, Personal Life, Family, Unknown Facts & Social Media

Surender Kumar Hockey Player Biography

Surender Kumar is an Indian Hockey player who plays as a defender in the national side and will be representing the country in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022. 

Name  Surender Kumar 
Profession Hockey Player
Father’s Name  Malkhan Singh 
Mother’s Name  Nilam Devi 
Ranking 9th 
Highest Ranking  4th 
Nationality  Indian 
Date of Birth  23rd November 1993
Birthplace Karnal India
Age as of now(26th July 2022) 28 years old 

Surender Kumar Early Life: 

Surender Kumar hails from Brana Village of Karnal district in Haryana. His father Malkhan Singh is farmer by profession and mother Nilam Devi is housemaker. He came from humble background was quite shy person during childhood and later shifted to  Kurukshetra for his schooling.

During his school days he started taking deep interest in the game of Hockey. His first coach was Sardar Gurvinder Singh and Kumar later in his school days started spending more time in learning hockey lessons rather than focusing on studies. 

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Surender Kumar Professional Life

Surender Kumar first played for Junior National team in the year 2012 with his consistent performance at junior stage he subsequently later played for junior Asia Cup, Sultan Johar Cup and Junior World Cup. 

In the Hockey India League, Kumar was bought by Delhi Waveriders in 2015. 

He played for the senior national side for the first time in the year 2016 in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.  He has been phenomenal as player as recently he completed 100 matches for the national side due to his immaculate consistency and supreme skills on display. 

Surender Kumar Hockey Player
Surender Kumar Indian Hockey Player

Surender Kumar Commonwealth Games 2022

Surender Kumar has been selected to represent India in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 and also prominent member of the national side and expected to display  top notch performance in the crunch moments of the game. Let’s have a look at the list of of Indian squad who will be representing the country in the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022 in detail: 

GoalkeepersPR SreejeshKrishan Bahadur Pathak

DefendersVarun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice captain), Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh

MidfieldersManpreet Singh (captain), Hardik SinghVivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma

ForwardsMandeep SinghGurjant SinghLalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek.

Surender Kumar Family: 

Surender Kumar is the eldest child of his family and his father Malkhan Singh is a former by profession and mother Nilam Devi is housewife and Kumar has made his entire family proud with the way he has performed for India at the senior level. 

Surender Kumar Records & Achievements: 

Serial Number Events and Years  Records and Achievements 
1 2016 London Champions Trophy  He was part of Indian team who clinch silver medal 
2 2017 Dhaka Asia Cup  He was member of Indian team who won gold medal 
3 2018 Jakarta Asian Games  He was member of Indian team who won bronze medal 
4 2020 Tokyo Olympics  He was member of Indian team who won bronze medal 

Surender Kumar Unsung Facts: 

Surender Kumar playing style focuses on hitting the ball rather than relying on slap shot and his unique skills as defender has booked his spot in the mainstay squad of India for quite some time. He is a brilliant player who would be expected to defend goals for India in the upcoming marquee event.. 

Surender Kumar Social Media: 

Surender Kumar Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/surender.hockey.5

Surender Kumar Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/surender_kumar93/?hl=en

Surender Kumar Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/surenderhockey6

Surender Kumar Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surender_Kumar

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