The biggest motivation for a young achiever is his parents and the biggest reward is their blessing. Unfortunately, India goalkeeper Krishan Pathak has been devoid of both these privileges as his parents passed away when he was quite young.

Mother Tej Kumari suffered a massive heart attack when he was just 12 (in 2009) as did his dad Tegh Bahadur, just a few months before Pathak brilliantly manned the post in India's 2016 Junior World Cup win at Lucknow.