* 1996: Double-leg 4-Nation Tournament in Australia.
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* 1996: Olympic Games at Atlanta, USA (8th place).
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* 1997: Test Series against Poland at Chennai (Winners).
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* 1997: Under-21 Test Series against Germany (Winners).
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* 1997: Junior World Cup at Milton Keynes, England (Runners-up).
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* 1998: Test Series against Pakistan in Pakistan Best player.
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* Debut in Senior National championship at Bikaner, Rajasthan (Played for Orissa) in 1993.
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* Represented Railway in the Senior National championship at Mumbai in 1994.
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* Participated in the 3rd National Games at Mumbai and Pune (Represented Orissa) in 1994.
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* Federation Cup at Hyderabad in 1997 (Indian Airlines, 3rd place).
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* 1999: Senior National championship at Hyderabad (Indian Airlines, Champions).
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* 2000: Senior National championship at Jammu (Indian Airlines, Champions. Captain, Adjudged Player of the Championship).
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* 2002: Muruguppa Gold Cup, Chennai (Indian Airlines, Champions).
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* 2002: Jawaharlal Nehru Tournament, Delhi (Captained Indian Airlines, 2nd position).
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* 2002: Lal Bahadur Shastri Tournament, Delhi (2nd position).
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* 2004: Inaugural Premier Hockey League (Led Hyderabad Sultans, Champions, Player of the Tournament).
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* 2007: Premier Hockey League (Led Orissa Steelers to title. Adjudged the Best player).
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* 1994: Seven-match series against Australia under-21 at Perth (India won the series).
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* 1995: International debut against England in Indira Gandhi Gold Cup (Silver medal.
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* 1995: Europe Tour (Played two Test matches against Holland and Spain.
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* 1995: Four-Nation tournament at Atlanta, USA.
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* 1995: 7th SAF Games at Chennai (Champions).
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* 1995: Pre-Africa Games (U-21) at Harare (Champions).
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* 1995: Test series against Malaysia in Malaysia (Winners).
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* 1995: Test series against Malaysia in Malaysia (Winners).
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* 1996: Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament at Barcelona, Spain (Champions).
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* 1996: Invitation Cup Tournament at Chennai (Champions).
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* 1996: Test series against England in England.
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* 1996: Double-leg 4-Nation Tournament in Australia.
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* 1998: Colorado Cup 4-Nation Tournament in Australia (Runners-up).
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* 1999: Test Series against Pakistan in India.
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* 2000: One Test match against Canada at Barcelona (Won 1-0).
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* 2000: Four-Nation Tournament at Barcelona, Spain (Third place).
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* 2000: 10th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament at Kuala Lumpur (Bronze medal).
* 2000: Four-Nation Tournament at Sydney, Australia (Third).
* 2000: Four-Nation Tournament at Perth, Australia (Winners).
* 2000: Olympic Games at Sydney (7th place).
* 2001: Three-match Test Series against Germany (L |
* 2002: Four-Nation Tournament at Adelaide, Australia (Runners-up), Captain.
* 2002: Four-Nation Tournament at Melbourne, Australia (Runners-up), Captain.
* 2002: Rabobank 4-Nation Tournament at Amstelveen, Holland (Last), Captain.
* 2002: Champions Trophy at Cologne, Germany (4th place), Captain.
* 2002: Asian Games at Busan, South Korea (Silver medal), Captain. |
* 2000: Four-Nation Tournament at Barcelona, Spain (Third place).
* 2000: One Test match against Canada at Barcelona (Won 1-0).
* 2000: Three-Test Series against Belgium (Won 2-0).
* 2000: 10th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament at Kuala Lumpur (Bronze medal).
* 2000: Four-Nation Tournament at Sydney, Australia (Third). |
* 2004: Three-match Test Series against Netherlands at Hyderabad (Lost 0-2), Captain.
* 2004: Olympic Qualifier at Madrid, Spain (4th), Captain.
* 2004: Four-Nation Tournament at Sydney, Australia (Last), Captain.
* 2004: Four-Nation Tournament at Canberra, Australia (Runners-up), Captain.
* 2004: Four-Nation Rabobank Trophy Tournament at Amstelveen, Holland (Last), Captain.
* 2004: Four-Nation Tournament at Dusseldorf, Germany (Runners-up), Captain.
* 2004: Three-match Test Series against Ireland at Leverkusen (Won 2-1), Captain.
* 2004: Three-match Test Series against Belgium at Leverkusen (Captain).
* 2004: Olympic Games at Athens, Greece (7th place), Captain.
* 2004: Four-match Indo-Pak Dosti Series in Pakistan (Lost 1-2), Captain.
* 2004: Four-match Indo-Pak Dosti Series in India (Lost 1-2), Captain.
* 2004: Two-match Test Series against Spain at Chandigarh (1-1 draw), Captain.
* 2004: Champions Trophy Tournament at Lahore, Pakistan (4th place), Captain.
* 2004: 13th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament at Kuala Lumpur.
* 2004: Two-match Test Series against France at Delhi (Lost 0-1), Captain. |
* 2005: Mini World Cup in Netherlands.
* 2005: Champions Trophy Tournament at Chennai. |
* 2008: Five-match Test series against Belgium at Chennai (Won 3-1).
* 2008: Six-match Australia Tour vs Australia and China at Perth (Winners).
* 2008: Olympic Qualifiers at Santiago, Chile (Runners-up, failed to qualify).
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* Received Ekalavya Award in 1996.
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* Included in the Junior World XI in 1997.
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* Received the Hockey Year Book Award in 1998.
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* Included in the Asian XI in 2002.
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* Received Padma Shree Award (First-ever tribal to get this honour) in 2004.
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* Selected for World All-Star team in 2006.
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* Received the 2nd Ricoh Hockey Star of the Year in Bhubaneswar on July 6, 2010.
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* Received the honorary Doctorate from Sambalpur University on July 15, 2010.
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* Elected unopposed as the President of Hockey India on 23 September 2022.
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* On 17 May 2022, he was elected as the President of Hockey Association of Odisha (HAO).
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* On 16 August 2019, he was replaced as Chairperson of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation and appointed as Chairperson of Odisha Hockey Promotion Council by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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* Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik appointed him as chairman of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) on May 18, 2018.
* Won the prize for longest drive and finished second overall in the sixth leg of the 11th Indian Audi quattro Cup golf tournament series that concluded here at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club in Bhubaneswar on April 28, 2018.
* Underwent bilateral ankle surgeries at Sportsmed SA in Adelaide, Australia on May 28, 2014.
* Lost the Lok Sabha election as a BJD candidate from Sundargarh constituency on May 16, 2014.
* Functioned as a Member of Rajya Sabha on behalf of Biju Janata Dal from March 22, 2012 to April 2, 2018.
* Only Adivasi to represent India in 3 Olympic Games.
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* Missed his fourth Olympics as India failed to qualify for the first time in 80 years.
* Played three matches in Atlanta Olympics, mostly as a substitute to captain Pargat Singh and Anil Aldrin. Met many stars including Monica Seles, the then queen of tennis.
* Sydney Games was his most memorable of the three Olympics, But India finished seventh. He scored four goals. Met US tennis star Serena Williams.
* In the Athens Olympics, spent time with US sprinter Maurice Greene and French tennis star Mary Pierce.
* Announced his retirement from international hockey at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar on May 2, 2010.
* Declined to become a National selector on July 16, 2010, three days after he was offered the post by Indian Hockey Federation.
* Underwent an appendicitis operation at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Oct 12, 2010.
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