Calm Harmanpreet Singh is MS Dhoni of hockey team: Dhanraj Pillay

New Delhi, Oct 7 (PTI) The calm leadership of Harmanpreet Singh was the defining point behind the Indian men’s hockey team’s gold-winning effort at the Hangzhou Asian Games, a trait that reminded mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay of ‘Captain Cool’ MS Dhoni.

Dhanraj, who led India to the 1998 Bangkok Asian Games triumph, said Harmanpreet, who netted 13 goals to emerge as India’s leading goal-scorer in Hangzhou, never buckled under pressure.

“To a large extent, the credit (for the victory) goes to Harmanpreet’s captaincy. He is the Mahendra Singh Dhoni of Indian hockey,” Dhanraj told

Source: PTI News

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