The following players form the current squad of the Indian hockey team.
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Adrian D'Souza is the goal keeper of Indian Hockey team.
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Hockey is the National Game of India. Hockey has been played in India for time immemorial. There was a golden period of Indian hockey when hockey stalwarts of India ruled the game. On the international scenario there were no competitors to match the magical hands of Indian hockey players. The might and power of Indian hockey made India synonymous with the game. Unmatched excellence and incomparable talent of Indian players became folklore. The ball-juggling feats of players like Major Dhyanchand made people to think that Indian players used some kind of black magic. The Golden Era of hockey in India was the period from 1928 - 1956 when India won 6 successive gold medals in the Olympic Games.
Hockey New Zealand, the national body administering field hockey in the country, recorded 45,581 registered players in the 2011 winter season - from primary school players up to the Black Sticks national teams. This is a little over one percent of the New Zealand total population. 52.7 percent of hockey players in New Zealand are female.