Tushar Khandker

Tushar Khandker
Personal information
Born	5 April 1985 (age 38); Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sport
Position	Forward
Coached by	Michael Nobbs (national)
Medal record
Men’s Field Hockey
Representing India
Asian Games
Asia Cup
Commonwealth Games
	Updated on 26 January 2013.

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Tushar Khandker (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian professional field hockey player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. ^[1] Khandker comes from a family of hockey players as his father, uncle and elder brother played the game.^[2]

Career[edit]

Tushar Khandker made his debut in for India in 2003 when he was included in the Hockey Australia Challenge Cup in which he scored in his first game. He was a part of the team that won the 2004 Junior Asia Cup and the 2007 Men's senior Asia Cup, thereby becoming the first Indian to be a part of the Asian Cups for all age groups.^[3] Tushar is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.^[4]

Hockey India League[edit]

During the auction of the inaugural season of the Hockey India League, Khandker was bought by the Uttar Pradesh franchise for US$14,000^[5] with his base price being US$13,900. The Uttar Pradesh team was named Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

References[edit]

↑ "Tushar Khandker". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
↑ Bhaduri, Tushar (15 June 2012). "Tushar Khandker up for new challenge in London Olympics". Retrieved 18 October 2018.
↑ "Our London Lions". Stick2hockey. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
↑ Pushkarna, Neha (13 October 2010). "Three Jamia alumni - Bharat Chikara, Danish Mujtaba and Tushar Khandekar - to play in CWG hockey finals tomorrow". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
↑ "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". CNN-IBN. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

External links[edit]

Tushar Khandker at Olympedia

[1] "Tushar Khandker". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

[2] Bhaduri, Tushar (15 June 2012). "Tushar Khandker up for new challenge in London Olympics". Retrieved 18 October 2018.

[3] "Our London Lions". Stick2hockey. Retrieved 27 January 2013.

[:0-4] Pushkarna, Neha (13 October 2010). "Three Jamia alumni - Bharat Chikara, Danish Mujtaba and Tushar Khandekar - to play in CWG hockey finals tomorrow". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[5] "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". CNN-IBN. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2013.

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