Dharwad: What is the common scene on a hockey pitch? Well players focusing on their goal, making strategies to beat their opponent with perfect moves are the scenes that can be seen on a hockey pitch. But, here in Dharwad, the jersey donning players of Ballari Hockey team were busy playing with a toddler.
Such a scene was witnessed on Tuesday at the venue of State Olympics meet being held in Dharwad, where women’s hockey match was going on. Surprisingly one of the player representing Ballari Hockey team- Sayeeda Kanam was here to play her game. The mother of the ten-month-old toddler, Sayeeda surely knows to balance her duty and her passion.
Sayeeda is an experienced player having played both in National Senior and Junior divisions. While most women give up their passion once they are married and have borne kids, Sayeeda comes as a surprise. She says that like any other girl, she too had given up on her passion after marriage, but having been married to an extremely supportive family, Sayeeda got back to hockey within two years of marriage.
Sayeeda says that even her team members have been extremely supportive as they have been taking care of her child.
Speaking to media persons, even the team members expressed their happiness and said that the child belongs to them and that they take care of the baby out of their own will.
All in all Ballari team is showing another side of the pitch which often goes unseen. Kudos to the team that stands together, united not just on pitch but off the pitch as well.
