International career Sreejesh made the Junior national team in 2004, in a match against Australia in
Perth, in 2004. He made his debut in the senior national team in 2006, at the
South Asian Games in
Colombo. Following India's win at the 2008 Junior Asia Cup, he was awarded the 'Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament'. Having been a part of the Indian team for six years, though often losing his place to senior goalkeepers,
Adrian D'Souza and
Bharat Chettri, he has been a regular member since 2011, after saving two penalty stroke in the Asian Champions Trophy Final in
Ordos City,
China, against
Pakistan, a match-winning performance. At the
2014 Champions Trophy and
2018 Champions Trophy, he was adjudged "Goalkeeper of the Tournament". Following impressive performances in 2014, he was nominated for the award of Best Male Goalkeeper; he eventually lost to
Jaap Stockmann of the
Netherlands. He was the captain of the team that won the silver medal at the
2016 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy held at London. On 13 Jul 2016, Sreejesh took over as captain of the Indian hockey team from
Sardar Singh. At the
2016 Olympics in Rio, Sreejesh led the Indian hockey team to the quarterfinals of the tournament . At the
Tokyo Olympics, on 5 August 2021, Sreejesh played a key role in defeating Germany to clinch the bronze medal for India, their first Olympic medal in hockey for 41 years. Sreejesh was a part of the team that won 2022 Commonwealth Games Silver, 2023 Asian Champion Trophy tite and
2022 Asian Games hockey Gold medal. He was also played a key role in India's bronze-medal winning journey at the
2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He retired from his international career post the Olympics games.
Club career At the auction of the inaugural season of the
Hockey India League, Sreejesh was bought by the Mumbai franchise for 38,000. He played two seasons for their team,
Mumbai Magicians. In 2014, he was bought by
Uttar Pradesh Wizards for 69,000 and since the
2015 season, has been playing for them. PR Sreejesh became the second Indian to win the "World Athlete of the Year" after
Rani Rampal. == Personal life ==