THESE ARE THE MEN WHO ENDED INDIA'S MEDAL DROUGHT MANPREET SINGH

Playing in his third Olympics, the reigning FIH Player of the Year is

India's most skillful player, flummoxing opponents regularly

The Great Wall of India, the 33-year-old is the team's eldest and has seen the journey from ending 12th and last in London 2012 to bronze in Tokyo 2020

The team's premier drag-flicker, Harmanpreet was India’s highest scorer in Tokyo with six goals, one of which came in the bronze medal playoff

A part of the 2016 Junior World Cup winning squad, the Manipuri provided a brilliant pass to Simranjeet which got India off the blocks in the bronze medal match

The seasoned drag-flicker scored four goals in Tokyo—India's second highest, including one via stroke in the bronze medal match

Son of a Dalit landless labourer, Sumit's journey is incredible from being a dhaba cleaner to an Olympic bronze medallist

Unquestionably the backbone of the Indian defence, clearing the ball from India's circle is his speciality

The exciting forward has coach Graham Reid's confidence and was picked for Tokyo ahead of veterans like SV Sunil and Akashdeep Singh

Probably the best first rusher in the world, the Odisha player is India's main defence against any penalty corner specialist, taking body blows during PCs

Scored the saving grace goal against Australia in the group stage. Dilpreet also scored the opening goal against Great Britain in the last-8

The seasoned campaigner has become a vital cog of the team, regularly being the link between the defence and the midfield

A pure poacher, Gurjant has the knack of scoring goals by stealing the ball from opposition. He is known to create multiple scoring chances

Travelled to Olympics as a standby but was brought in as a back-up penalty corner specialist and defender. He is clinical in his approach

Hailing from Varanasi, idolises late great Mohammed Shahid, and realised his dream of winninganOlympicmedal,just like his hero in Moscow 1980

Scored probably the best goal of the tournament against Great Britain to give India a 3-1 win in the quarter-finals

A regular in the Indian forward fine, managed to score a goal against the tight Belgian defence in the semi-final when others could not

The current FIH Rising Star of the Year is one of the quickest players in the midfield with superb ball-passing skills, always aware of opposition players

Went to Tokyo as a standby but made an impact by scoring a brace in the bronze medal match just like when he scored the winning goal in the 2016 Junior World

Cup final in Lucknow