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Sardara Singh
	Singh with India in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Sardar Purashkar Singh
Born	15 July 1986 (age 38); Santnagar, Sirsa, Haryana, India
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Halfback
Senior career
Years	Team
2005	Chandigarh Dynamos
2006–2008	Hyderabad Sultans
2011	KHC Leuven
2013–2015	Delhi Waveriders
2013	HC Bloemendaal
2016	Punjab Warriors
National team
Years	Team
2006–2018	India
Coaching career
2022	India A
2023–	India U17
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing India
Asian Games
Asia Cup
Champions Trophy
Asian Champions Trophy
Commonwealth Games
Hockey World League

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Sardara Singh (born 15 July 1986), sometimes referred as Sardar Singh, is an Indian field hockey coach and former field hockey player. He also served as the captain of the Indian national team.^[2] He usually plays the center half position.^[3] Sardara became the youngest player to captain the Indian team when he led the side at the 2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.^[4] He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.^[5] On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to P. R. Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of Indian Team.^[6] On 12 September 2018, Sardara announced his retirement from international hockey. He played 314 matches during 12 years in his career.^[7]

Early life

Sardara was born in Haryana's village Sant Nagar in Sirsa District^[8] to Gurnam Singh, a RMP doctor, and Jasveer Kaur, a housewife.^[9]

Career

Sardara Singh made his debut for India in the junior team during India's 2003–04 tour of Poland. He made his senior debut against Pakistan in 2006.^[10] He also plays for his state of Haryana. He is a Deputy Superintendent Police Officer with the Haryana Police and plays for their team.^[11] Singh played for Chandigarh Dynamos in the inaugural season of the Premier Hockey League in 2005. He played for Hyderabad Sultans in the next three seasons till 2008, captaining the side.^[12]

His brother Didar Singh, a drag flick specialist also played for the Indian team, Haryana and Chandigarh Dynamos.

In 2010, he was included in the 18-men FIH All-Star team.^[13] In the same year, Singh was signed by the Belgian club, KHC Leuven to play in the Belgian Hockey League.^[13] In 2011, he was again named on the FIH All-Star team.^[14] Following Singh's impressive showing at the 2013 Asia Cup, he was signed by the Dutch club HC Bloemendaal as a replacement to Teun de Nooijer.^[15]

On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to P. R. Sreejesh, the goalkeeper of Indian team. He has captained Indian team for 8 years.

He quit the sport in September 2018.^[16] In 2019, he was included in a 13-member Hockey India selection committee.^[17]

Hockey India League

Sardar Singh became the highest-paid marquee player at the inaugural Hockey India League auctions as the Delhi franchise bought him for US$78,000 (₹42,49,000). The Delhi team was named Delhi Waveriders.^[18] He captained his side to finish on second place in its inaugural season and was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament.'^[19] He was honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Punjabi Music Industry

Sardar Singh is making his first Punjabi Music Industry debut by featuring in song ‘Gallan Karraiyan’ by veteran Punjabi singer Hardeep Singh of Shehar Patiale de fame.^[20] The song is written by Sukha Wadali and the music is by Jaidev Kumar.

Achievements

Awarded 'Player of Tournament' in the 2012 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, where India won the Bronze.^[21]
He was adjudged the Player of the Tournament in the 2012 Summer Olympics Qualifiers, where India won the Gold.
He was adjudged the Player of the Tournament in the 2010 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, where India won the Gold.
He participated in Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament in Malaysia in the year 2006 and the team won Bronze Medal.
He participated in SAF Games at Colombo in the year 2006 and the team scored 2nd position.
He participated in 7th Junior Challenge Open Men's at Poland 2006 and scored 2nd position.
He participated in 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Challenge at Belgium 2007 and got Bronze Medal.
He participated in Commonwealth Games 2006 at Melbourne.
He participated in INDO-PAK series 2006.
He participated in Four Nations International Tournament at Germany and the team scored Bronze Medal.
He also participated in Four Nations Hockey Tournament at Lahore and the team win Silver Medal.
He participated in Men's Hockey Asia Cup at Chennai 2007 and the team grabbed Gold Medal.
Sardara Singh in Hero Hockey World League
He participated for India in Canada for the 7 game Test Series against the Canadian National Field Hockey Team

References

^ "CWG Melbourne: Player's Profile".
^ "Sardar Singh to lead India at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". The Indian Express. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^ Sardara Singh strikes form The Hindu, 15 March 2009.
^ "Sardar Singh named captain, Pargat is manager of Indian hockey team". oneindia. 7 May 2008.
^ "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
^ "Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016". Indian Express. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ "Sardar Singh retires". Times of India. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "News18 Hindi News: पढ़ें हिंदी न्यूज़, Latest and Breaking News in Hindi, हिन्दी समाचार, न्यूज़ इन हिंदी - News18 इंडिया". News18 India (in Hindi). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
^ "Odds couldn't damp the Sardar spirit". The Times of India. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
^ "Meet the heroes of Hockey". Men's Health. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ "Appointment of Sh. Sardar Singh as DSP in Haryana Police". Haryana Police.
^ "Hyderabad Sultans reach semi-finals". Rediff. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Sardara to play in Belgian Hockey League". The Times of India. 27 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ "Glasgow 2014 – Sardar Singh Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Sardar Singh joins Europe's iconic hockey club HC Bloemendaal". NDTV. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ "Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh retires". India Today. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ PTI (15 January 2019). "Retired Sardar Singh named in selection committee of Hockey India | Hockey News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
^ "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
^ "Ranchi Rhinos crowned HIL champions". The Hindu. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
^ "Former Indian Hockey Captain Sardar Singh to Feature in Punjabi Song". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
^ "New Zealand beat Argentina to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament". Jagran Josh. 4 June 2012.

External links

Profile Archived 16 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Hockey India
Sardara Singh at Olympedia
Sardara Singh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[1] "CWG Melbourne: Player's Profile".

[2] "Sardar Singh to lead India at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup". The Indian Express. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2018.

[3] Sardara Singh strikes form The Hindu, 15 March 2009.

[4] "Sardar Singh named captain, Pargat is manager of Indian hockey team". oneindia. 7 May 2008.

[5] "Padma Awards 2015". Press Information Bureau. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

[6] "Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016". Indian Express. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[7] "Sardar Singh retires". Times of India. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[8] "News18 Hindi News: पढ़ें हिंदी न्यूज़, Latest and Breaking News in Hindi, हिन्दी समाचार, न्यूज़ इन हिंदी - News18 इंडिया". News18 India (in Hindi). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[9] "Odds couldn't damp the Sardar spirit". The Times of India. 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.

[10] "Meet the heroes of Hockey". Men's Health. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[11] "Appointment of Sh. Sardar Singh as DSP in Haryana Police". Haryana Police.

[12] "Hyderabad Sultans reach semi-finals". Rediff. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.

[Sardar-13] "Sardara to play in Belgian Hockey League". The Times of India. 27 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[14] "Glasgow 2014 – Sardar Singh Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 10 March 2016.

[15] "Sardar Singh joins Europe's iconic hockey club HC Bloemendaal". NDTV. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[16] "Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh retires". India Today. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[17] PTI (15 January 2019). "Retired Sardar Singh named in selection committee of Hockey India | Hockey News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

[18] "Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list". 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

[19] "Ranchi Rhinos crowned HIL champions". The Hindu. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

[20] "Former Indian Hockey Captain Sardar Singh to Feature in Punjabi Song". 5 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.

[21] "New Zealand beat Argentina to win Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Tournament". Jagran Josh. 4 June 2012.

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-'''Sardara Singh''' (born 15 July 1986) sometimes referred as '''Sardar Singh''', is an Indian former professional [[field hockey]] player and captain of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian national team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sardar Singh to lead India at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/sardar-singh-to-lead-india-at-sultan-azlan-shah-cup-5071033/|access-date=26 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=20 February 2018}}</ref> He usually plays the center half position.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/15/stories/2009031555771400.htm Sardara Singh strikes form] [[The Hindu]], 15 March 2009.</ref> Sardara became the youngest player to captain the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian team]] when he led the side at the [[2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Sardar Singh named captain, Pargat is manager of Indian hockey team |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2008/05/07/sardar-singh-named-captain-pargat-is-manager-of-indian-hockey-team-1210171096.html |work= oneindia |date= 7 May 2008}}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.<ref name=pdma>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards 2015|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6VrWjEuo3?url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|publisher=Press Information Bureau|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-date=26 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
+'''Sardara Singh''' (born 15 July 1986), sometimes referred as '''Sardar Singh''', is an Indian field hockey coach and former [[field hockey]] player. He also served as the captain of the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian national team]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sardar Singh to lead India at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/sardar-singh-to-lead-india-at-sultan-azlan-shah-cup-5071033/|access-date=26 February 2018|work=The Indian Express|date=20 February 2018}}</ref> He usually plays the center half position.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090321050859/http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/15/stories/2009031555771400.htm Sardara Singh strikes form] [[The Hindu]], 15 March 2009.</ref> Sardara became the youngest player to captain the [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian team]] when he led the side at the [[2008 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Sardar Singh named captain, Pargat is manager of Indian hockey team |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2008/05/07/sardar-singh-named-captain-pargat-is-manager-of-indian-hockey-team-1210171096.html |work= oneindia |date= 7 May 2008}}</ref> He was awarded [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award of India, in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128022143/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952|publisher=Press Information Bureau|access-date=25 January 2015|archive-date=28 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to [[P. R. Shreejesh]], the goalkeeper of Indian Team.<ref name=ihc>{{cite news|title=Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/rio-2016-olympics/sardar-singh-is-no-longer-king-of-indian-hockey-2910059/|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=13 July 2016|date=13 July 2016}}</ref> On 12 September 2018, Sardara announced his retirement from international hockey. He played 314 matches during 12 years in his career.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/sardar-singh-factbox-314-matches-youngest-indian-hockey-captain/articleshow/65791730.cms|title=Sardar Singh retires|date=13 September 2018|work=Times of India|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
+On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to [[P. R. Sreejesh]], the goalkeeper of Indian Team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sardar Singh is no longer king of Indian hockey 2016|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/rio-2016-olympics/sardar-singh-is-no-longer-king-of-indian-hockey-2910059/|newspaper=Indian Express|access-date=13 July 2016|date=13 July 2016}}</ref> On 12 September 2018, Sardara announced his retirement from international hockey. He played 314 matches during 12 years in his career.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/sardar-singh-factbox-314-matches-youngest-indian-hockey-captain/articleshow/65791730.cms|title=Sardar Singh retires|date=13 September 2018|work=Times of India|access-date=13 September 2018}}</ref>
 ==Early life==
-Sardara was born in Haryana's village Sant Nagar in [[Sirsa District]]<ref>{{cite news |title=News18 Hindi News: पढ़ें हिंदी न्यूज़, Latest and Breaking News in Hindi, हिन्दी समाचार, न्यूज़ इन हिंदी - News18 इंडिया |url=https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/haryana/hisar-rajeev-gndhi-khel-ratan-award-to-sardar-singh-1068455.html |date=4 August 2017|access-date=16 June 2019 |work=News18 India |language=hi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717095936/https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/haryana/hisar-rajeev-gndhi-khel-ratan-award-to-sardar-singh-1068455.html|archive-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> to Gurnam Singh, a RMP doctor and Jasveer Kaur, a housewife.<ref>{{cite news |title=Odds couldn't damp the Sardar spirit |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM/2012/08/04&ID=Ar01201 |access-date=15 September 2017 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170915204023/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM/2012/08/04&ID=Ar01201 |archive-date=15 September 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
+Sardara was born in Haryana's village Sant Nagar in [[Sirsa District]]<ref>{{cite news |title=News18 Hindi News: पढ़ें हिंदी न्यूज़, Latest and Breaking News in Hindi, हिन्दी समाचार, न्यूज़ इन हिंदी - News18 इंडिया |url=https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/haryana/hisar-rajeev-gndhi-khel-ratan-award-to-sardar-singh-1068455.html |date=4 August 2017|access-date=16 June 2019 |work=News18 India |language=hi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717095936/https://hindi.news18.com/amp/news/haryana/hisar-rajeev-gndhi-khel-ratan-award-to-sardar-singh-1068455.html|archive-date=17 July 2018}}</ref> to Gurnam Singh, a RMP doctor, and Jasveer Kaur, a housewife.<ref>{{cite news |title=Odds couldn't damp the Sardar spirit |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM/2012/08/04&ID=Ar01201 |access-date=15 September 2017 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170915204023/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_CREST&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TCRM/2012/08/04&ID=Ar01201 |archive-date=15 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 ==Career==
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 His brother Didar Singh, a [[drag flick]] specialist also played for the Indian team, [[Haryana]] and [[Chandigarh Dynamos]].
-In 2010, he was included in the 18-men FIH All-Star team.<ref name="Sardar" /> In the same year, Singh was signed by the Belgian club, KHC Leuven to play in the Belgian Hockey League.<ref name="Sardar">{{cite news |title= Sardara to play in Belgian Hockey League |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/hockey/28247698_1_qualifiers-sardara-singh-jose-brasa |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130903133339/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/hockey/28247698_1_qualifiers-sardara-singh-jose-brasa |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 September 2013 |date= 27 December 2010 |newspaper= [[The Times of India]] |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref> In 2011, he was again named on the FIH All-Star team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1008199/sardar_singh.html|title=Glasgow 2014 – Sardar Singh Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> Following Singh's impressive showing at the [[2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2013 Asia Cup]], he was signed by the Dutch club, [[HC Bloemendaal]] as a replacement to [[Teun de Nooijer]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Sardar Singh joins Europe's iconic hockey club HC Bloemendaal |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/hockey/213451-sardar-singh-joins-europes-iconic-hockey-club-hc-bloemendaal |publisher= NDTV |date= 3 September 2013 |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref>
+In 2010, he was included in the 18-men FIH All-Star team.<ref name="Sardar" /> In the same year, Singh was signed by the Belgian club, KHC Leuven to play in the Belgian Hockey League.<ref name="Sardar">{{cite news |title= Sardara to play in Belgian Hockey League |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/hockey/28247698_1_qualifiers-sardara-singh-jose-brasa |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130903133339/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-27/hockey/28247698_1_qualifiers-sardara-singh-jose-brasa |url-status= dead |archive-date= 3 September 2013 |date= 27 December 2010 |newspaper= [[The Times of India]] |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref> In 2011, he was again named on the FIH All-Star team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/hockey/1008199/sardar_singh.html|title=Glasgow 2014 – Sardar Singh Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> Following Singh's impressive showing at the [[2013 Men's Hockey Asia Cup|2013 Asia Cup]], he was signed by the Dutch club [[HC Bloemendaal]] as a replacement to [[Teun de Nooijer]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Sardar Singh joins Europe's iconic hockey club HC Bloemendaal |url= http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/hockey/213451-sardar-singh-joins-europes-iconic-hockey-club-hc-bloemendaal |publisher= NDTV |date= 3 September 2013 |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref>
-On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to [[P. R. Shreejesh]], the goalkeeper of Indian Team. He has captained Indian team for 8 years.
+On 13 July 2016, the responsibilities of the captain were handed over from him to [[P. R. Sreejesh]], the goalkeeper of Indian team. He has captained Indian team for 8 years.
 He quit the sport in September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former India hockey captain Sardar Singh retires |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/hockey/story/sardar-singh-retirement-international-hockey-1338499-2018-09-12 |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=India Today |date=12 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, he was included in a 13-member Hockey India selection committee.<ref>{{cite news |last1=PTI |title=Retired Sardar Singh named in selection committee of Hockey India {{!}} Hockey News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/retired-sardar-singh-named-in-selection-committee-of-hockey-india/articleshow/67545757.cms |access-date=2 September 2020 |work=The Times of India |date=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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-Sardar Singh became the highest-paid marquee player at the inaugural [[Hockey India League]] auctions as the [[Delhi]] franchise bought him for US$78,000 ({{INR}}4249,000). The Delhi team was named [[Delhi Waveriders]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |date= 16 December 2012 |access-date= 13 January 2013}}</ref> He captained his side to finish on second place in its inaugural season and was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament.'<ref>{{cite news |title= Ranchi Rhinos crowned HIL champions |url= http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/ranchi-rhinos-crowned-hil-champions/article4400729.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 11 February 2013 |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref> He was honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
+Sardar Singh became the highest-paid marquee player at the inaugural [[Hockey India League]] auctions as the [[Delhi]] franchise bought him for US$78,000 ({{Indian Rupee}}42,49,000). The Delhi team was named [[Delhi Waveriders]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey India League Auction: the final squads list |url= http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121219014754/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/hil-auction-as-the-teams-shape-up/310745-5-136.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 19 December 2012 |date= 16 December 2012 |access-date= 13 January 2013}}</ref> He captained his side to finish on second place in its inaugural season and was awarded the 'Player of the Tournament.'<ref>{{cite news |title= Ranchi Rhinos crowned HIL champions |url= http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/ranchi-rhinos-crowned-hil-champions/article4400729.ece |newspaper= The Hindu |date= 11 February 2013 |access-date= 3 September 2013}}</ref> He was honoured with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
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 * He also participated in Four Nations Hockey Tournament at Lahore and the team win Silver Medal.
 * He participated in [[Men's Hockey Asia Cup]] at Chennai 2007 and the team grabbed Gold Medal.
-*[[File:Sardara Singh by Ijas Muhammed Photography.jpg|thumb|299x299px|'''Sardara Singh''' in Hero Hockey World League]]He participated for India in Canada for the 7 game Test Series against the Canadian National Field Hockey Team
+*[[File:Sardara Singh by Ijas Muhammed Photography.jpg|thumb|299x299px|Sardara Singh in Hero Hockey World League]]He participated for India in Canada for the 7 game Test Series against the Canadian National Field Hockey Team
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-* [http://hockeyindia.org/team/sardar-singh-2.html Profile] at [[Hockey India]]
+* [http://hockeyindia.org/team/sardar-singh-2.html Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016130347/http://hockeyindia.org/team/sardar-singh-2.html |date=16 October 2017 }} at [[Hockey India]]
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v t e Recipients of Padma Shri in Sports
1950s	Balbir Singh Sr. (1957) K. D. Singh (1958) Mihir Sen (1959) Milkha Singh (1959)
1960s	Vijay Hazare (1960) Jasu Patel (1960) Arati Saha (1960) Nari Contractor (1962) Sonam Gyatso (1962) Ramanathan Krishnan (1962) Gostha Pal (1962) Polly Umrigar (1962) Syed Mushtaq Ali (1963) M. J. Gopalan (1964) Nawang Gombu (1964) Charanjit Singh (1964) H. P. S. Ahluwalia (1965) Avtar Singh Cheema (1965) D. B. Deodhar (1965) Phu Dorjee (1965) Wilson Jones (1965) Verghese Kurien (1965) Harish Chandra Singh Rawat (1965) Chandra Prakash Vohra (1965) Sonam Wangyal (1965) Kishan Lal (1966) Narendra Kumar (1965) Shankar Lakshman (1967) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1967) Gurdial Singh (1967) Prithipal Singh (1967) Chandu Borde (1969)
1970s	Bishan Singh Bedi (1970) Moin-ul-Haq (1970) E. A. S. Prasanna (1970) Leslie Claudius (1971) Sailen Manna (1971) Ghaus Mohammad (1971) Chandgi Ram (1971) Kamaljeet Sandhu (1971) Gundappa Viswanath (1971) Harsh Vardhan Bahuguna (1972) B. S. Chandrasekhar (1972) Ajit Wadekar (1972) Farokh Engineer (1973) Pankaj Roy (1975) Roshan Lal Anand (1976) Meena Shah (1977)
1980s	Vasudevan Baskaran (1981) Syed Kirmani (1982) Kapil Dev (1982) Prakash Padukone (1982) Vijay Amritraj (1983) Bahadur Singh Chauhan (1983) Guru Hanuman (1983) Eliza Nelson (1983) Chand Ram (1983) Kaur Singh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Satpal Singh (1983) M. D. Valsamma (1983) Geeta Zutshi (1983) Charles Borromeo (1984) Phu Dorjee (1984) Chuni Goswami (1984) D. K. Khullar (1984) Bachendri Pal (1984) Omprakesh Agrawal (1985) P. T. Usha (1985) Anupama Gokhale (1986) Swaroop Kishen (1986) Geet Sethi (1986) Mohammad Shahid (1986) Bhagyashree Thipsay (1987) Dilip Vengsarkar (1987) Viswanathan Anand (1988) Mohammad Azharuddin (1988)
1990s	Chandraprabha Aitwal (1990) P. K. Banerjee (1990) Premchand Degra (1990) Gulshan Rai (1990) Jaman Lal Sharma (1990) Taranath Narayan Shenoy (1990) Selma D'Silva (1991) Aspy Adajania (1992) Ajit Pal Singh (1992) Sriram Singh (1992) Hakam Singh (1992) Shiny Abraham (1998) Ramesh Krishnan (1998) Lila Ram (1998) Pargat Singh (1998) Karnam Malleswari (1999) Sachin Tendulkar (1999)
2000s	Santosh Yadav (2000) Mahesh Bhupathi (2001) Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla (2001) Bhuvneshwari Kumari (2001) Leander Paes (2001) Dhanraj Pillay (2001) Sunita Rani (2001) Diana Edulji (2002) Jaspal Rana (2002) Mukesh Kumar (2003) Gopal Purushottam Phadke (2003) Kanhaya Lal Pokhriyal (2003) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (2003) Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (2003) K. M. Beenamol (2004) Gurmayum Anita Devi (2004) Rahul Dravid (2004) Sourav Ganguly (2004) Anju Bobby George (2004) S. P. Nimbalkar (2004) Dilip Tirkey (2004) Pullela Gopichand (2005) Anil Kumble (2005) Gurbachan Singh Randhawa (2005) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2005) Rachel Thomas (2005) Madhumita Bisht (2006) Mohan Singh Gunjyal (2006) Mary Kom (2006) Sania Mirza (2006) Bahadur Singh Sagoo (2006) Koneru Humpy (2007) Jeev Milkha Singh (2007) Bhaichung Bhutia (2008) Bula Choudhury (2008) Pankaj Advani (2009) MS Dhoni (2009) Balbir Singh Kullar (2009) Harbhajan Singh (2009)
2010s	Ramakant Achrekar (2010) Narain Karthikeyan (2010) Saina Nehwal (2010) Virender Sehwag (2010) Vijender Singh (2010) Ignace Tirkey (2010) Kunjarani Devi (2011) Sushil Kumar (2011) VVS Laxman (2011) Shital Mahajan (2011) Gagan Narang (2011) Krishna Poonia (2011) Harbhajan Singh (mountaineer) (2011) S. M. Arif (2012) Ravi Chaturvedi (2012) Jhulan Goswami (2012) Zafar Iqbal (field hockey) (2012) Devendra Jhajharia (2012) Limba Ram (2012) Prabhakar Vaidya (2012) Premlata Agrawal (2013) Yogeshwar Dutt (2013) Vijay Kumar (2013) Girisha Nagarajegowda (2013) Dingko Singh (2013) Bajrang Lal Takhar (2013) Anjum Chopra (2014) Sunil Dabas (2014) Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu (2014) Dipika Pallikal (2014) H. Boniface Prabhu (2014) Yuvraj Singh (2014) Mamta Sodha (2014) Saba Anjum Karim (2015) Mithali Raj (2015) P. V. Sindhu (2015) Sardara Singh (2015) Arunima Sinha (2015) Sushil Doshi (2016) Deepika Kumari (2016) Vikas Gowda (2017) Dipa Karmakar (2017) Virat Kohli (2017) Deepa Malik (2017) Sakshi Malik (2017) Shekhar Naik (2017) P. R. Sreejesh (2017) Mariyappan Thangavelu (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu (2018) Somdev Devvarman (2018) Murlikant Petkar (2018) Srikanth Kidambi (2018) Sunil Chhetri (2019) Harika Dronavalli (2019) Gautam Gambhir (2019) Sharath Kamal (2019) Bombayla Devi Laishram (2019) Bajrang Punia (2019) Prashanti Singh (2019) Ajay Thakur (2019)
2020s	Oinam Bembem Devi (2020) M. P. Ganesh (2020) Zaheer Khan (2020) Jitu Rai (2020) Tarundeep Rai (2020) Rani Rampal (2020) Anitha Pauldurai (2021) Anshu Jamsenpa (2021) Mouma Das (2021) Sudha Singh (2021) Virender Singh (2021) K. Y. Venkatesh (2021) Sumit Antil (2022) Pramod Bhagat (2022) Neeraj Chopra (2022) Sankaranarayana Menon (2022) Faisal Ali Dar (2022) Vandana Katariya (2022) Avani Lekhara (2022) Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (2022) S. R. D. Prasad (2023) K. Shanathoiba Sharma (2023) Gurcharan Singh (2023) Joshna Chinappa (2024) Rohan Bopanna (2024) Purnima Mahato (2024) Harbinder Singh (2024) Satendra Singh Lohiya (2024) Gaurav Khanna (2024) Uday Vishwanath Deshpande (2024)

v t e Recipients of Khel Ratna
1991–2000	Viswanathan Anand (1991–1992) Geet Sethi (1992–1993) Homi Motivala and Pushpendra Kumar Garg (1993–1994) Karnam Malleswari (1994–1995) Kunjarani Devi (1995–1996) Leander Paes (1996–1997) Sachin Tendulkar (1997–1998) Jyotirmoyee Sikdar (1998–1999) Dhanraj Pillay (1999–2000) Pullela Gopichand (2000–2001)
2001–2010	Abhinav Bindra (2001) K. M. Beenamol and Anjali Bhagwat (2002) Anju Bobby George (2003) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (2004) Pankaj Advani (2005) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (2006) MS Dhoni (2007) No award (2008) Mary Kom, Vijender Singh, and Sushil Kumar (2009) Saina Nehwal (2010)
2011–2020	Gagan Narang (2011) Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt (2012) Ronjan Sodhi (2013) No award (2014) Sania Mirza (2015) P. V. Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar, Jitu Rai, and Sakshi Malik (2016) Devendra Jhajharia and Sardara Singh (2017) Saikhom Mirabai Chanu and Virat Kohli (2018) Deepa Malik and Bajrang Punia (2019) Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Manika Batra, Vinesh Phogat, and Rani Rampal (2020)
2021–2030	Avani Lekhara, Neeraj Chopra, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Lovlina Borgohain, P. R. Sreejesh, Sumit Antil, Pramod Bhagat, Krishna Nagar, Manish Narwal, Mithali Raj, Sunil Chhetri and Manpreet Singh (2021) Sharath Kamal (2022) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2023)