Indian hockey team's goalkeeping coach Dennis van de Pol strongly feels that young custodian Krishan Pathak has matured enough and is ready to replace the peerless PR Sreejesh as and when the veteran decides to call time on his glorious career.
Pathak, 25, was standby to Sreejesh in the Tokyo Olympics, where India won a historic bronze medal.
But after the Tokyo Games, Pathak has been a regular for India with both goalies, other being Sreejesh, taking turns to guard the goal in the four quarters.
At 34, Sreejesh is at the twilight of his career, having been India's go-to-man in front of the goal for over 16 years.
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