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Pillay in Lombi's list of the best

Chennai: Argentine stalwart, Jorge Lombi, regarded as one of the fine exponents of penalty corner drag flicks in contemporary hockey along with Pakistan's Sohail Abbas, rates Dhanraj Pillay as among the 10 best players in the world.

Writing in the current issue of World Hockey, the FIH official monthly, Lombi states that " he (Dhanraj) is really fast and is a players who scores at full pace which is unsual. I love his wristy skills and his creative passing."

The others in Lombi's list are Shahbaz Ahmed (Pakistan), Floris Bovelander (The Netherlands), Sean Kerly (England), Oliver Domke (Germany), Micheal Green (Germany), German Ozazco (Argentina), Ken Wark (Australia), Ramon Juffresa (Spain and Volkar Fried (Germany).

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