Mysore/Mysuru: Veteran Indian drag-flicker and former Olympian V.R. Raghunath from Kodagu has been appointed as the Hockey India Selection Committee Member.

Raghunath is one in a long line of illustrious hockey players from Kodagu, one of the nurseries of Indian hockey in the country. He made his first foray into the national side with the 2003 Sub-Junior Asia Cup in Dhaka, which India won.

Raghunath made headlines for the first time when he was drafted into the national side at the 2006 World Cup. Raghunath is a good drag flicker and has scored many beautiful goals for India at the crucial moments.

He played almost all the senior events in 2007 and 2008 and went on to play for a decade more. He got Arjuna in 2016 and retired from international hockey after the Rio Olympics.

Harbinder Singh is the Chairman of the Selection Committee (men) while Syed Ali is the Chairman of the Selection Committee (women). Mohammad Riaz, Dr. Dilip Tirkey, Dr. R.P. Singh, Rajnish Mishra, Sardar Singh, Joydeep Kaur, Asunta Lakra and Surinder Kaur are other members.