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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian field hockey player}}<br />
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| name = Tushar Khandker<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|4|5}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Jhansi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]<br />
| clubs1 = [[Bharat Petroleum|BPCL]]<br />
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| clubs2 = [[Bangalore Lions]]<br />
| years2 = 2005 - 2008<br />
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| clubs3 = [[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]<br />
| years3 = 2013 - present<br />
| caps3 = 5<br />
| goals3 = 0<br />
| nationalteam1 = [[India men's national field hockey team|India]]<br />
| nationalyears1 = 2003 - present<br />
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| coach = [[Michael Nobbs]] (national)<br />
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| updated = 26 January 2013<br />
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Field hockey at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Field hockey at the 2010 Asian Games|Team]]}}<br />
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{{MedalGold|[[2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2007 Chennai]]|Team}}<br />
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{{MedalSilver|[[Hockey at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]]|Team}}<br />
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'''Tushar Khandker''' (born 5 April 1985) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] professional [[field hockey]] player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the [[2012 London Olympics]].<br />
<ref>{{cite web |title= Tushar Khandker |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/khandker-tushar-1023733/ |access-date= 28 July 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120727021227/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/khandker-tushar-1023733/ |archive-date= 27 July 2012 |url-status= dead |df= dmy-all }}</ref><br />
Khandker comes from a family of hockey players as his father, uncle and elder brother played the game.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tushar Khandker up for new challenge in London Olympics| url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/olympics-2012/story/tushar-khandker-up-for-new-challenge-in-london-olympics-105812-2012-06-15 | date=15 June 2012 | first=Tushar | last=Bhaduri | accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Tushar Khandker made his debut in for [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] in 2003 when he was included in the Hockey Australia Challenge Cup in which he scored in his first game.<br />
He was a part of the team that won the 2004 Junior Asia Cup and the [[2007 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2007 Men's senior Asia Cup]], thereby becoming the first Indian to be a part of the Asian Cups for all age groups.<ref>{{cite web |title= Our London Lions |url= http://www.stick2hockey.com/Article/Tushar%20Khandker-%20Time%20to%20re-establish%20his%20status%20o/10198.html |publisher= Stick2hockey |accessdate= 2013-01-27}}</ref> Tushar is an alumnus of [[Jamia Millia Islamia]], New Delhi.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Pushkarna|first=Neha|date=2010-10-13|title=Three Jamia alumni - Bharat Chikara, Danish Mujtaba and Tushar Khandekar - to play in CWG hockey finals tomorrow.|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Three-Jamia-alumni-Bharat-Chikara-Danish-Mujtaba-and-Tushar-Khandekar-to-play-in-CWG-hockey-finals-tomorrow-/articleshow/6743234.cms|access-date=2019-12-18|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><br />
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===Hockey India League===<br />
During the auction of the inaugural season of the [[Hockey India League]], Khandker was bought by the [[Uttar Pradesh]] franchise for US$14,000<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121219014754/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-12-19 |publisher= CNN-IBN |date= 2012-12-16 |accessdate= 2013-01-26}}</ref> with his base price being US$13,900. The Uttar Pradesh team was named [[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]].<br />
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[[Category:1985 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]<br />
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