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New Delhi, Aug 30 Amarjit Singh, who captained India in FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 feels the exposure in the Hero I-League helped him and the entire Indian squad of the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 mature into "better players."In a live chat with AIFF TV, Amarjit labelled the Hero I-League as the perfect "ladder" in his career."After the World Cup, we were provided with a ladder to improve further as a team. After playing for a couple of seasons in Hero I-League I realise how the experiences helped me improve as a footballer," Amarjit stated.After playing the World Cup we got to know that we are participating in the Hero I-League that year. It was a great achievement for us. Initially, we were scared as there were such good teams in the league - Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Neroca and others. All of them had quality foreign recruits, and we had to compete against them," Singh recollected."But we were extremely excited. We understood it was the platform to gauge us as players. We knew the experience in the League would benefit our future a lot,a he averred. "Looking back, that opportunity to play in the Hero I-League paved the way for me to play in the Hero ISL, and eventually the National Team."The "fearless" midfielder also admitted that heAeagerly looks forward to her cousin sister Kritina Devi making a mark in the Indian U-17 Women's Team for the forthcoming FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup which is scheduled to kick-off on February 17, 2021.In a live chat with AIFF TV, Amarjit stated: "She is one of the few girls from our place who started playing football with boys. I hope she gets selected and plays in the upcoming U-17 Women's World Cup. It will be a very proud moment for our family. Then we can be tagged as a World Cup family, isn't it?"Kritina Devi is an integral member of the India U-17 Women's team who are gearing up under Swedish coach Thomas Dennerby for the upcoming U-17 Women's World Cup. If Kritina is able to make it to the final squad, she will emulate her cousin brothers Amarjit and Jeakson Singh, India's goal-scorer in the U-17 World Cup."Every time Jeakson and myself share our experiences with Kritina, she gets thrilled. Those are lifetime memories and don't sink in soon. Hope she also gets the opportunity to experience these things at the biggest stage," he added.( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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