Tags: Shah Rukh Khan , Twitter , Blog , Hockey players , Mumbai

Mumbai: Revolting Indian hockey players have received support from Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan. The Badshah Khan, who played Kabir Khan in a blockbuster Chak De India, has backed Indian Hockey players in his latest blog on Twitter.

Chak De's Kabir Khan has tweeted that he feels terrible for revolting hockey players.

"(I) feel awful for the Indian hockey team. To play for the country...national sport and have to ask for salary and we complain we don't win gold (medals)," SRK tweets.

Shah Rukh was a good hockey player in his school days. It is worth mentioning here that Indian Hockey plunged into a deep crisis as players boycott the World Cup preparation camp in Pune. Players are protesting against non-payment of dues.

The players took the unprecedented step to stay away from the camp after Hockey India, the interim body which is governing the game in the country, failed to resolve the payment dispute despite the players submitting two letters.

"We have decided to boycott the camp indefinitely till we are paid our money. We took such a decision in a meeting of players last night", captain Rajpal Singh has said.

The players' revolt comes barely six weeks before the hockey World Cup in New Delhi and is bound to have a bearing on the preparations for the high-profile event scheduled from February 28 to March 13.

Meanwhile, The Hockey India officials will meet today to discuss the crisis.

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