What was expected in the Paris Olympics finally happened. The Indian hockey team will not return empty-handed from Paris. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Singh, Team India has once again won the bronze medal in the Olympics. Team India won 2-1 in the match against Spain. After this victory of the team, all the players are getting love from all over the country. PM Narendra Modi himself called and congratulated the players for winning the bronze medal. At the same time, the Punjab government has announced a reward of crores for the players of its state.

Punjab government will give 1 crore

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has announced a reward of Rs 1 crore each for 7 players of the Indian hockey team. Actually, the policy of the Punjab government is to give Rs 1 crore as a reward to the players who win in the Olympics. This time 7 players from Punjab were part of the hockey team that won the bronze medal in Paris. These players include Manpreet, Hardik Singh, Mandeep, Harmanpreet Singh, Sukhjeet, Shamsher Singh, Gurjant.

As per our sports policy we will give ₹1 crore for each bronze medal players of Punjab..Chak De India..

— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) August 8, 2024

According to the policy of the Punjab government, shooter Sarabjot Singh will also get a reward of Rs 1 crore, who won the bronze medal in 10 meter air pistol along with Manu Bhaker. This was Sarabjot Singh's first Olympics and he created history by winning a medal in the mixed doubles team event.

Back-to-back medal victories secured by the Indian Hockey team in the Olympics!

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Harmanpreet became the hero of Team India

Team India captain Harmanpreet Singh played an important role in helping India win bronze in the Paris Olympics. The Indian captain scored both the goals in the bronze medal match. Apart from this, he scored the highest number of 10 goals in the tournament. After winning this match, Harmanpreet was very happy but he also apologized to the Indian fans. He said that Team India could have performed better than this.