New Delhi. There is a saying that if your spirits should be high, then no power in the world can stop you from moving forward. Mumtaz Khan of Lucknow has proved this saying true. Mumtaz’s father Hafeez Khan, who lives in Lucknow Cantt, is a handcart and his mother Kaiser sells vegetables daily in the scorching sun in the artillery market. Mumtaz Khan is currently in South Africa, seven thousand kilometers away from India and is showing a great performance in the Junior Hockey World Cup. Mumtaz has laid the foundation for India’s victory in the quarterfinal match due to her excellent performance. In the 11th minute of the match, he scored the goal while hitting the goalkeeper of South Korea. With this goal, India defeated Korea 3-0. The Indian women’s hockey team has reached the semi-finals for the second time in this competition.
Mumtaz has been awarded the Player of the Match title for his brilliant performance. However, his parents were not present with him on this golden occasion. But Mumtaz’s mother, Kaiser, does not regret seeing her daughter playing. Her mother says that there will be many more such occasions in future when she will see her daughter scoring goals. Let us inform that Mumtaz has become the third highest goalscorer of the tournament with six goals so far. He scored in India’s opening match against Wales. After this she was successful in scoring against Germany. Apart from this, he scored a sensational hat-trick against Malaysia.
Apart from parents, Mumtaz Khan is survived by five sisters and a younger brother. However, the situation in the family is not good. 8 people live in a small room. Mumtaz’s parents set up a vegetable shop to feed the family. Mumtaz’s elder sister Farah says that seeing Mumtaz’s achievement, it is difficult to tell how we are feeling today. He told that some people used to taunt his parents because they allowed the girl to play. He told that today Mumtaz has stopped speaking to all those people.