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Hero Asian Champions Trophy Chennai:  Indian men’s hockey team forward Sukhjeet Singh, 26, attributes his hockey success to his father. Sukhjeet's father, a former hockey player, gave him a hockey stick when he was four years old; since then, Sukhjeet has overcome numerous obstacles on his way to the Indian team.

On the most recent episode of Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast series launched by Hockey India, he delves into the complexities.

"My father had a big hockey stick. My father cut that big stick and gave it to me when I was about four or five years old. My father would come home from work and take me to the ground to teach me hockey. So my father has played the most important role in my hockey career. My hard work and my father have played the most important roles in this," Sukhjeet Singh said.