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Top Goal-Scorers of Indian Men’s Hockey

Player Goals International Appearances Harmanpreet Singh 194 227 Sandeep Singh 138 186 Vokkaliga Raghunath 132 228 Rupinder Pal Singh 125

Matches Played 140 India Won 26 Great Britain Won 89 Matches Drawn 25 Biggest India Britain Win Won 5-0 at

India first played Belgium on May 18, 1928 at the Amsterdam Olympics, where they won 9-0. Matches Played 93 India

India first played Germany on September 11, 1932 at Munich where they won 6-0. Matches Played 111 India Won 27

India first played Netherlands on May 26, 1928 at the Amsterdam Olympics, where they won 3-0. Matches Played 117 India

India first played Australia in a Test Match at Melbourne on August 17, 1935 which they won 12-1. Matches Played

India first played Spain on August 6, 1948 at the London Olympics, where they won 2-0. Matches Played 72 India

The Indian men’s hockey team first played New Zealand at Christchurch in 1926, where India overcame the Black Sticks 5-2.

Player International Appearances Dilip Tirkey 412 Manpreet Singh 385 Dhanraj Pillay 339 PR Sreejesh 336 Baljit Singh Dhillon 327 Sardar

Craig Fulton was appointed the Indian men’s hockey team coach in March 2023 following the stepping down of Australia’s Graham