Mumtaz Khan became a hockey sensation after struggling in poverty
Lucknow: Mumtaz Khan was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ title in the quarter-final match against South Korea in the Hockey Junior World Cup. Mumtaz Khan is the third highest goal scorer in the tournament. He has six goals to his name.
16-year-old Mumtaz Khan has become India’s new hockey sensation after putting in an exemplary performance in the Hockey Junior World Cup. Mumtaz Khan’s powerful drag-flick crashed the ball into the nets as Germany looked stunned and the girls in blue rejoiced. On the other hand, the happiness of Mumtaz’s mother, Kaiser Jahan, knew no bounds. Mumtaz’s mother sells vegetables in Lucknow. Mumtaz Khan is the third highest goalscorer in the tournament with six goals. After stumping Wales and pre-tournament favorites Germany, he scored a sensational hat-trick in Malaysia.
People taunted the family
According to the English newspaper The Indian Express, when Kaus was selling vegetables to run the family, while his daughter was playing exceptionally well, Mumtaz Khan’s five sisters were constantly watching her game through mobile screens. His father was in the mosque. Mumtaz’s elder sister said that she saw days when the family had nothing, and people taunted her for allowing her girl to play. Kaiser Jahan said, “We ignored those comments, but today, it seems that Mumtaz has given a befitting reply to all of them.”
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The family couldn’t afford a hockey stick
Mumtaz Khan’s love for hockey also happened during the accidental match. Mumtaz Khan went to Agra with her school athletics team where she topped the sprint. During this time a local coach noticed him, so he suggested that he try his hand at hockey. A few months after her Agra tournament, she landed at the academy at the KD Singh Babu Stadium. During his selection trials, he impressed the officials and was selected for a scholarship program through which he was admitted to the sports hostel. Since the family could not even buy a hockey stick, Mumtaz’s coaches helped her a lot.
As Mumtaz steps onto the field to face the semi-finals, all eyes will be on her, except for her mother, as she will be on the road selling vegetables to run the family, and this is her only means of running the household. Is.
