Whenever I'm in doubt, I approach Sreejesh for guidance: Krishan Pathak

Picking the brains of veteran PR Sreejesh has played a key role in polishing his goalkeeping skills says Indian mens hockey team custodian Krishan Bahadur Pathak who never hesitates to approach his senior colleague for guidance when in doubtPathak and Sreejesh share a great camaraderie on the turf as the duo has been manning the goalpost of the Indian team for quite sometime now including the last Asian Games in Jakarta and the Tokyo Olympics where they won a historic bronzeAlso ReadAsian Champions Trophy It always hurts when you concede a goal says India goalkeeper Krishan PathakWe me and Sreejesh have an excellent bonding between us He is one of the senior players in the team and whenever I am in doubt I just go up to him and seek his advice on the matter said Pathak who has 103 international caps under his beltHis experience of playing over the last two decades surely helped me a lotThe upcoming Hangzhou Asian Games will be Pathaks second appearance in the continental showpiece and his target is simple win the gold and qualify for next years Paris OlympicsIt is definitely a proud moment for me and my family If I look back on my journey I never imagined that I would get the opportunity to earn more than 100 international caps for India and play my second Asian GamesIt is something I will cherish for a lifetime We will take it match by match and will not take any team for granted We cannot let our guard down at any given time the goalkeeper from Punjab saidIndia will open their Asian Games campaign against Uzbekistan on September 24Talking about the Indian teams preparation Pathak said they are now focussing on the basics and working on mistakes which they committed in the last tournamentBoth Sreejesh and Pathak also had special goalkeeping sessions with Dutch expert Dennis van de Pol ahead of the GamesThe training has been going well All the players are working hard to prepare for the big tournament Weve had 45 goalkeeping sessions with Dennis and there will be a few more in the coming daysWeve gone over the basics again focusing on the mistakes we made in previous tournaments and how to improve quick decision making among other things Before coming to the camp Dennis asked us what problems we were having and how we could work together to solve them Pathak saidPathak who made his senior team debut in 2018 was also a member of the Indian team that recently won the seventh edition of the Asian Champions Trophy in ChennaiWe have a good run of games in the lead up to the Asian Games We played against some top sides so that will definitely help us in identifying what are our strong and weak points he saidThe players will also get confidence from a good outing that they have had in the Asian Champions Trophy We dont want to repeat the mistakes going forwardThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever