(\"Dilip\") Kumar Tirkey, (born November 24, 1977 in Savnamara near Sundargarh, Orissa) is a field hockey defender from India, who belongs to the Oraon tribe of Chota Nagpur. He made his international debut for the Indian national team in 1995 against England in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup. He has played in three Olympics and is considered as one of the best penalty corner hitters in the world. He is adjudged the best player in the recently concluded 3rd PHL. Etching the career graph of an Adivasi lad from a remote hamlet of Orissa moving up the social ladder to become the captain of the national hockey team is a fascinating exercise. It is not easy to flinch from admiring the steady progress to stardom of Dilip Tirkey in the incomprehensible history of Indian hockey. Call it destiny or coincidence, the fact remains that first Indian captain to the Olympics in 1928 at Amsterdam was an
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