When Harmanpreet Unleashed 28th Birthday Celebrations Against Delhi SG Pipers!

There was a remote possibility of Harmanpreet Singh’s 28th birthday celebrations getting ‘derailed’ by a resolute Delhi SG Pipers going into the final quarter when Soorma Hockey Club trailed 0-2. The Punjab franchise were rocked by two goals in a space of two minutes and it needed the birthday boy to bail the Punjab franchise out of the tough situation they were in.

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Playing back-to-back games is never easy for any team, and Harmanpreet exuded exemplary leadership for Soorma Hockey Club, rifling in a drag-flick outsmarting Pipers’ Australian goalkeeper Ben Rennie to his right. The Soorma Hockey Club dug-out were on the moon when the Indian skipper profited from another shortie – this time around his drag-flick beat Ben Rennie and the last postman in Jarmanpreet Singh with just three minutes left for the final hooter.

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Harmanpreet, who had a phenomenal 2024, scoring 37 international goals, was slow of the blocks in the ongoing 6th Men’s Hockey India League but appears to discovered his drag-flicking form and is now the joint top goal-scorer alongside Jugraj Singh and Tomas Domene – it was the birthday boy’s brace that pushed the contest into a shootout where the Soormas eked out a bonus point to cap off a great evening in office.

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The magnificent final quarter performance has now propelled Jeroen Baart-coached Soormas into 3rd spot in the points table. No wonder, Harmanpreet received the Player of the Match Award.