Indian-origin player Sarpreet Singh in Bundesliga shines in simulated game

Kolkata: Sarpreet Singh, the first Indian-origin player in the Bundesliga continues to dazzle, this time off the field. The FC Bayern Munich midfielder emerged as the best player in a simulated Football Manager 20 (FM20) game, played between the best young talents in the Bundesliga.

With global football on lockdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, fans, players and managers alike have resorted to FM20, the game seeing a sharp spike in player numbers in the past one month.

The Bundesliga, which houses quite a few superstars in the making collaborated with Sports Interactive to find out the hottest prospect in German football through FM20. The New Zealand international Sarpreet was adjudged the Man of the Match, finishing with a 9.0 player rating. 21-year-old Sarpreet Singh grabbed a couple of assists as his team, captained by Borussia Dortmund’s Gio Reyna beat Team Joshua Zirkee (of Bayern Munich) 4-2.

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