Australia’s World Cup winning hockey goalkeeper George Bazeley feels Indian custodian P.R. Sreejesh’s best is yet to come since goalkeepers are late bloomers.
The 30-year-old Bazeley, who plays for Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League (HIL), is impressed with the standard of Indian goalkeepers and also picked young Harjot Singh of Kalinga Lancers as a future prospect for Indian hockey.
“Sreejesh is undoubtedly outstanding. I have seen him play for a number of years and have seen him train as well. He is really good. They (India) wouldn’t have picked him if he was not really up there,” Bazeley said.
The Victorian, who was part of the World Cup winning Kookaburras here in 2010, said goalkeepers tend to mature late and India should be persistent with the youngsters. “One of the most important things with goalkeepers is that you cannot be impatient with them. Goalkeepers do not start to mature until they are much older. Like I am 30. Sreejesh is still young.
He is only 25-years-old and in terms of goalkeeping, he has been around for quite a while,” said Bazeley.
The 30-year-old Bazeley, who plays for Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the Hockey India League (HIL), is impressed with the standard of Indian goalkeepers and also picked young Harjot Singh of Kalinga Lancers as a future prospect for Indian hockey.
“Sreejesh is undoubtedly outstanding. I have seen him play for a number of years and have seen him train as well. He is really good. They (India) wouldn’t have picked him if he was not really up there,” Bazeley said.
The Victorian, who was part of the World Cup winning Kookaburras here in 2010, said goalkeepers tend to mature late and India should be persistent with the youngsters. “One of the most important things with goalkeepers is that you cannot be impatient with them. Goalkeepers do not start to mature until they are much older. Like I am 30. Sreejesh is still young.
He is only 25-years-old and in terms of goalkeeping, he has been around for quite a while,” said Bazeley.