New Delhi. Indian hockey team led by Harmanpreet Singh won the bronze medal on the 13th day of Paris Olympics. After the victory of the Indian team, Hockey India announced to give cash prizes to the players. Hockey India has announced to give Rs 15 lakh cash to each player. At the same time, each member of the coaching staff along with the team has been announced to be given Rs 7.5 lakh each.

Hockey India wrote in a social media post, 'Hockey India announces a cash prize of Rs 15 lakh to each player who won the bronze medal in Paris Olympics and Rs 7.5 lakh to the support staff.' Repeating the story of Tokyo in Paris Olympics, the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal for the country and for PR Sreejesh, who put an end to his golden career, by defeating Spain 2-1 with the help of two goals from captain Harmanpreet Singh. After the victory, the eyes of crores of Indians sitting in front of the TV along with captain Harmanpreet Singh, who took Sreejesh around the field on his shoulders, also became moist. Sreejesh, who bid farewell with an Olympic medal, could not control his emotions when he sat on top of the goalpost after the victory.

Forgetting the sorrow of the semi-final defeat at the hands of Germany, when the Indian team again landed at the Yves du Manoir Stadium after one and a half days, every player had only one goal that they should not return empty handed. Coming back after trailing by one goal, India not only registered a win by scoring goals in the second and third quarters but also tried to remove the disappointment that had spread across the country after wrestler Vinesh Phogat was disqualified before the final in the Paris Olympics yesterday.