- Current Affairs 7th March 2018. Manpreet Singh (age 26 years) has been named as the captain of the 18-member Indian hockey team to play in the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2019, and Surender Kumar will be the Vice-Captain of the team.
- The prestigious tournament will be held in Ipoh, Malaysia on 23rd March 2019 onwards.
- Apart from India and hosts Malaysia, the other participating nations in the tournament are Canada, Korea, South Africa, Asian Games gold medallist Japan. India will start its campaign against Japan on the opening day itself.
- The tournament is named after the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, an avid fan of Field Hockey.
Published On : 07 Mar 2019
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