Open revolt in Indian hockey, players refuse to turn up for practice | Indian Hockey | Indian players of Hockey

NEW DELHI: Indian players, led by captain Rajpal Singh, refused to turn up for practice on Friday unless their salary demands are met.

The Indian players are upset with Hockey India over non-payment of dues.

Rajpal said, "Hockey India did not revert to our letter demanding salary. We have decided that the players will not play from today."

Earlier, the Indian players had threatened to pull out of the ongoing national training camp in Pune if they are not paid their match fee for the recently concluded Champions Challenge I tournament in Argentina.

The senior players are annoyed by the delay in payment and have written a letter to Hockey India President A K Mattoo demanding that money be paid within seven days.

The players said that on the previous occasions they were paid money in advance but this time the fee has not been paid even after the conclusion of the tournament.

"We would like to be paid our money for Champions Challenge in Argentina. In the previous three years we were paid Rs. 25,000 each for every tournament before we left India. We would like to be paid this time too and as for the future tournaments, please make arrangements to pay well in advance," the players have demanded in the letter.

India had won bronze medal in the tournament, held in Salta, Argentina last month.

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