Hockey History









HEADLINES:  


Birendra Lakra

Personal life

Early Life of Birendra Lakra
Birendra Lakra is an Indian professional field hockey player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the 2012 London Olympics. Lakra's elder brother Bimal has played as a midfielder for India.

His sister Asunta Lakra has played for India's women's hockey team and has captained the side.Birendra Lakra was born on 3 February 1990 in Simdega district of Jharkhand. He was born to an Oraon tribe family of Jharkhand.


Full nameBirendra Lakra
BornFebruary 3, 1990 (age 25) Simdega, Jharkhand, India
Playing PositionFullback
Years
Team
2012Chandigarh Comets
-2008Orissa Steelers
2013-2014Ranchi Rhinos
2015-presentRanchi Rays
-presentIndia


Career

Birendra Lakra is a player of the Rourkela Steel Plant's SAIL Hockey Academy. He was Included in the Indian junior team for the first time for Singapore tour in 2007. He represented India in the Test series against South Africa in 2012, the Champions Challenge tournament in South Africa in 2011, the SAAF Games at Dhaka in 2010, at the Youth Olympics at Sydney in 2009, at the Junior World Cup at Singapore in 2009. He scored the first goal in India's stupendous victory in the final game of the Olympic Hockey Qualifying Tournament against France. He played a key role in taking India in to the semifinals of 2012 Champions trophy. India defeated Belgium with the help of a single goal that was produced by the magical pass given by Birendra Lakra to the forward. With this India entered the semifinals of champions trophy after eight long years.

Hockey India League

In the auction of the inaugural Hockey India League season, Lakra was bought by the Ranchi franchise for USD 41,000 with his base price being USD 9,250. The Ranchi team was named Ranchi Rhinos.Following disputes between the franchise and Hockey India, the team decided to pull out, after which Lakra signed with the Ranchi Rays franchise from the 2015 season.


GoldAsian Games 2014 Incheon
SilverCommonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow
BronzeSultan Azlan Shah Cup 2012 Malaysia