Amit Rohidas

Some Lesser Known Facts About Amit Rohidas

• Amit Rohidas is considered to be one of the world’s best first rushers in hockey.

• Due to the dangers involved, his teammates call him a suicide runner instead of a first rusher. In an interview, he talked about not fearing when doing his job as a first rusher and said,
  

  “Only those who have dum (courage) can do this job. It is God’s gift to me. I’ve been doing it for many years that now I have the confidence to do it all the time.”

• Amit Rohidas grew up in a mudhouse which lacked electricity and water.

• Since he couldn’t afford a hockey stick while growing up, he played hockey with a bamboo stick. He got his first hockey stick in 2004 after he joined the Panposh Sports Hostel in Rourkela.

• His father played hockey when he was young.

• Football was the first ever sports equipment that Amit’s father got him. He moved to hockey later as it was a more popular sport in his village.

• Ranchi Rhinos got him for Rs 16 lakh in the Hockey India League in 2013.

• In May 2022, he was appointed as the Captain for India’s Hockey Pro League tour of Belgium and the Netherlands.

• In the FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup held in 2023 in Odisha, Amit served as the Vice Captain of the Indian team.