Yashdeep Siwach
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| Born |
26 December 2000 Sonepat, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Railway Sports Promotion Board | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | India U21 | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022– | India | 23 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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Yashdeep Siwach (born 26 December 2000)[1] is an Indian field hockey player from Haryana. He plays as a defender for the Indian national team and represents Railway Sports Promotion Board in domestic tournaments.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Yashdeep hails from Sonepat, Haryana. He is the son of former Indian women's hockey team captain Pritam Rani Siwach and Kuldeep Siwach, also a hockey player.[2][3] He has a sister, Kanika.[4] Inspired by his mother Pritam, he took up hockey at the age of 16.[5]
Career
[edit | edit source]Yashdeep made his India debut at the Asian Youth Olympic Qualifier, Bangkok, in 2018. Later, after attending a National camp[6] at Bengaluru, he was selected to play the Sultan of Johor Cup in 2018, where India won a silver medal.[3][7] In 2021, he represented India at the FIH Odisha Hockey Men's Junior World Cup Bhubaneswar 2021, where India finished fourth.[8] In June 2023, Hockey India announced its senior men core group of 39 players for the National Camp at SAI, Bengaluru and Yashdeep was included in the list.[9]
When he is not participating in international hockey Yashdeep participates in local hockey competitions in Melbourne, Australia for the Mentone Hockey Club. He has stated in a local interview that one of his biggest inspirations besides his mom is a local player, Adam Wylie who he looks forward to playing with again in the future.[10]
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