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| Born | 5 May 1999 Sundergarh district, Odisha, India [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| BPCL | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | HC Melbourne | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | India U21 | 18 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018– | India | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 23 October 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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