Tushar Khandker (born 5 April 1985) is an Indian professional

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 shootin ...

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) was 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 ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

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 central university located in New Delhi, India. Originally established at Aligarh, United Provinces (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) during the British Raj in 1920, it moved to its current location in Okhla in ...

, New Delhi.

Hockey India League

During the auction of the inaugural season of the

Hockey India League Hockey India League (HIL), known as the Coal India Hockey India League is a professional field hockey league in India. The league is organized by Hockey India, the governing body for the sport in India. HIL, along with the Indian Premier League, ...

, Khandker was bought by the

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...

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

Uttar Pradesh Wizards The Uttar Pradesh Wizards (abbreviated as UPW) are a field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that plays in the Hockey India League. It is owned by Sahara India Pariwar. Former Dutch coach Roelant Oltmans serves as coach for the team an ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khandker, Tushar 1985 births Living people Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic field hockey players of 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 Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games People from Jhansi Jamia Millia Islamia alumni 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players