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Bobby Dhami has become the first-ever hockey mens player in the 21-year HISTORY<\/a> of Uttarakhand to feature in the national team squad.<\/p>\n

Dhami has been selected as a standby player among the 20 players selected for this months Junior Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar. Eighteen players are part of the final squad while two players, including Dhami, are selected as standby, but will be with the team for the entire duration of the junior WC in Bhubaneswar.
Though many hockey players from the state have represented the country, all of them were from the timewhen Uttarakhand was part of Uttar Pradesh. Notably, no male international hockey player has ever come from the Pithoragarh district until Dhami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bobby Dhami has become the first-ever hockey mens player in the 21-year HISTORY of Uttarakhand to feature in the national team squad. Dhami has been selected as a standby player among the 20 players selected for this months Junior Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar. 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