Sumit (born 20 December 1996) is an Indian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for the Indian national team. He was part of the Indian squad that won the

2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup The 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup was the 11th edition of the Hockey Junior World Cup for men, an international field hockey tournament. It was held in Lucknow, India from 8–18 December 2016. A total of sixteen teams competed for the titl ...

. He made his senior team debut at the

2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup The 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup was the 26th edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. It was held in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia from 29 April – 6 May 2017. The number of teams for this year’s cup has decreased by one compared to last year’s tourn ...

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Hockey India Hockey India plans, directs and conducts all the activities for both men and women hockey in India. It is recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India as the sole body responsible towards promoting Hockey in India. It w ...

* 1996 births Living people People from Sonipat Indian male field hockey players Field hockey players from Haryana Male field hockey midfielders Olympic field hockey players of India Field hockey players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Field hockey players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup players Commonwealth Games competitors for India Olympic bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in field hockey Recipients of the Arjuna Award {{India-fieldhockey-bio-stub