"Moment Of Immense Pride": Harmanpreet Singh After Being Named Among India's Flag-Bearers For Asian Games Opening Ceremony
Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh on Thursday said it is a "moment of immense pride" for him to have been picked as the country's joint flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday named Harmanpreet and Olympic medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain as the flag-bearers of the country's 655-member contingent. In the recent past, Dhanraj Pillay (1998, 2002), Jyoti Sunita Kullu (2006), Gagan Narang (2010), Sardar Singh (2014), and Neeraj Chopra (2018) were India's flag-bearers at the in the continental showpiece.


