Question: Who was the captain of the 10th Men Hockey Asia Cup, 2017 India’s winning team?
(a) Akashdeep Singh
(b) Manpreet Singh
(c) Lalit Upadhyay
(d) Sardar Singh
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Dwelling in the Hero Sponsored Asia Cup Hockey Tournament, 2017, Maulana Bhasani National Stadium, Dhaka. (October 22, 2017)
- Competition Results:-
- Gold Medal-India (Third title)
- Silver medal-Malaysia
- Bronze Medal – Pakistan
- Fourth place-S.Korea
- Competition award:-
- Hero Man of the Match – Akashdeep Singh (India)
- Goal of the Match-Lalit Upadhyaya (India)
- India has won Asia Cup at a gap of 10 years.
- South. Korea has won Asia Cup four times.
- This is Malaysia’s best performance in this tournament.
- Earlier Malaysia won the bronze medal in 2007.
- This time except one match which was draw with Korea, India won all their matches in the tournament.
- Captain of Indian team was Manpreet Singh and the coach Sjoerd Marijne.
Reference:
http://www.uniindia.com/indian-colts-beat-malaysia-2-1-in-finals-to-win-the-hero-asia-cup-2017/sports/news/1024621.html
http://www.asiahockey.org/events/hero-asia-cup-2017-2/
http://www.asiahockey.org/news/indian-mens-hockey-team-win-the-hero-asia-cup-2017/