Another controversy rocks Indian hockey

Chandigarh, Feb 20 (PTI) Indian hockey has been rocked by
yet another controversy with organisers of a charity event
on Saturday claiming that the players demanded Rs 5 crore to
feature in the matches, an allegation the national team
members denied.
Hardeep Sandhu, a member of the organiser committe of AMR
foundation, on Saturday claimed that hockey players led by
Prabhjot Singh, Rajpal Singh and Deepak Thaukar were demanding
a Rs 5 crore to play in the four charity matches of 15 minutes
each featuring Bollywood and TV stars.
"AMR foundation had roped in 22 players to feature in
four exhibition matches with Bollywood and TV stars but when
yesterday one of the representatives of the organisers handed
them the flight tickets from New Delhi to Chandigarh, a group
of players told they don't want these tickets as they are not
gaining anything," Sandhu said.
"Players said they were expecting 4 to 5 crore from
sponsorship. Now that not much sponsors are coming, they
refused to play. The organisers are very upset as despite
written agreement they are backing out," he added.
However, Prabhjot, Rajpal and Deepak rubbished the
allegations and after landing here said they would have a
meeting with the organisers and also demanded an apology from
the organisers. MORE PTI