Tushar Khandker (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian field hockey coach and former

field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

player. He represented India in Men's Hockey during the

2012 London Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Khandker comes from a family of hockey players as his father, uncle and elder brother played the game.

Career

Tushar Khandker made his debut in for

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

in 2003 when he was included in the Hockey Australia Challenge Cup in which he scored in his first game. He was a part of the team that won the 2004 Junior Asia Cup and the 2007 Men's senior Asia Cup, thereby becoming the first Indian to be a part of the Asian Cups for all age groups. Tushar is an alumnus of

Jamia Millia Islamia Jamia Millia Islamia is a Public university, public and research university located in Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British R ...

, New Delhi.

Hockey India League

During the auction of the inaugural season of the

Hockey India League Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. It is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. It is considered one of the major sports leagues of the country. It was founded in 2013 as a part ...

, Khandker was bought by the

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

franchise for US$14,000 with his base price being US$13,900. The Uttar Pradesh team was named Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khandker, Tushar 1985 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players for India Asian Games medalists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2006 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players from Uttar Pradesh Indian male field hockey players Asian Games bronze medalists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games silver medallists in field hockey Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Jhansi Indian field hockey coaches Jamia Millia Islamia alumni 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games