
Replacing PR Sreejesh is never an easy task. This is the size of the work performed by the legendary Showstopper that his retirement was a heavy pill for swallowing Indian hockey fans. In his cat he left at a high level with the Olympic bronze medal and left the Indian goal to guard two young Stalwarts.
One of them, Krishan Pathak, has been around the scene for some time, and in the past he represented Sreejesh. The carker was on the edge, but was considered another in a row to get to the side as soon as the legendary star retired.
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The beginning of this duo, however, was not on Mark, because the performance for League at the beginning of the year was a control of reality for the goalkeeper department. India admitted 26 goals in eight matches during the foot and asked questions about Pathak and Karker.
The first match did not help because Pathak admitted three against China, while Karker looked firm enough. On Sunday 31. August faces JapanBoth men made sense to prove. Pathak, who played his 150 international game, produced soon stunning savings and the carker followed him in dying moments when Japan was domination.
Now with India to the Super 4S Asia Cup, Karker talked to India today and said how it depends on how performance and nothing else. The 29 -year -old said that even coach Craig Fulton stresses that he would move into a shift than to fear critics.
“External noise, we don’t pay attention. We focus on our preparation and our work. The coach also puts great emphasis on it. Rest off noise, I think that everything depends on our performance.
No individual interviews, just the performance of the team
The performance against Japan was an Indian team more clinical compared to their victory against China. Karker feels that it was all on a team that worked more as a unit than an individual.
“Our team is not talking about individual performances.
India has always made a place to turn their goalkeeper during matches with Pathak, usually coming in the first and third quarters and carker in the other two.
The 29 -year -old man has no problems in him in second place as Pathak, because he considers it the same chance for both men to shine.
“The coach decides on the order.
India plays Kazaksthan in his pool and the game on Monday 1 September.
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31 August 2025