'The Great Wall' PR Sreejesh retires, last salute to hockey!!!

indian hockey team's veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh has said goodbye to this game with good memories. The bronze medal match played against spain in paris olympics 2024 was the last match of Sreejesh's career. Team india defeated spain 2-1 to win the bronze medal. Let us remind you that Sreejesh had told before the start of the olympics that he would retire after this tournament.

PR Sreejesh's Achievements

Sreejesh made his debut for India's senior hockey team during the 2006 South Asian Games. At the same time, since the year 2011, he has been continuously associated with Team india as a goalkeeper. Talking about his achievements, Sreejesh made a significant contribution in getting india the gold medal in the 2014 and 2022 Asian Games. He also has the silver medal of the 2016 and 2018 hockey Champions Trophy to his name.

Apart from this, he has also become a medal winner in the Commonwealth Games twice with Team India. But the biggest achievement of his career will be that he has made a huge contribution in getting medals for india in the 2020 Tokyo olympics and 2024 paris Olympics. Retiring after winning 2 consecutive Olympic medals reinforces Sreejesh's greatness.

'The Great Wall'

PR Sreejesh has been one of the best goalkeepers in the world in hockey. Talking about paris olympics 2024, he has stopped the opposing team from scoring goals on many important occasions. At the same time, in the bronze medal match against spain, spain got two penalty corners within the last 2 minutes, but Sreejesh stood firm like a rock. He did not let spain score on either of the two occasions. Being an excellent goalkeeper, he is also known as 'The Great Wall' in hockey.

Bronze medal dedicated to Sreejesh

After the match, Sreejesh sat on top of the goal post and celebrated his historic and wonderful career. Captain Harmanpreet Singh also took him around the field on his shoulders and showed respect to him. Meanwhile, after the match ended, in an interview, Manpreet Singh said that India's bronze medal win is dedicated to PR Sreejesh, who has served the indian hockey team for a very long time.