Olympics: PR Sreejesh wears ‘munde’, poses with bronze medal before Eiffel Tower
India’s star goalkeeper PR Sreejesh decided to bring out his ‘Kerala Swag’ as he decided to pose in front of the Eiffel tower wearing the traditional munde on August 11, Sunday.
Sreejesh was the star of the show for the Indian men’s hockey team as they won their second consecutive Olympic bronze medal for the first time since 1972. The 36-year-old pulled off some big saves in crucial matches against Australia, Great Britain and Spain to ensure India won the medal.
Sreejesh would end up retiring from the sport after the tournament and decided to take up the job as the head coach of the junior men’s hockey team. He was also selected as the joint-flagbearer for India at the closing ceremony at Paris on Sunday. Before that, however, he decided to pose in front of the iconic Eiffel Tower, while wearing the traditional munde. The goalkeeper was also sporting shades in the picture and used the famous ‘Eda mone’ dialogue from the hit Malayalam movie, Aavesham. You can see the post below:
What Sreejesh told about retirement
Sreejesh opened up about retirement and said that he wanted to go out on top of the game and make people ask why he was leaving the game.
“I know that after today’s match or after today’s victory, nobody wanted me to retire. But as I mentioned earlier, my coach said, Sree, it’s a question like when you retire, when you take that call, people should not ask. Why not? They should ask why. And I think this is the perfect way. But, I think my team gave the best send-off to me,” PR Sreejesh told India Today after the bronze medal win.
Sreejesh was also confident that someone will end up taking his place in the side.
“Someone will fix in my place for sure; all the sports are like that. Sachin Tendulkar was there and now there is Virat Kohli, but someone will take his place tomorrow. So, Sreejesh was there yesterday, but someone will take his place tomorrow,” Sreejesh told PTI.
Sreejesh is expected to take on his new role as coach after returning home.