Shahabad Markanda Indian team colours. It has got the epithet of Sansarpur former Indian woman player Bhupinder Kaur {Rail coach Factory}, Sandeep Kaur {Indian Railways}. She played for World Cup, Olympics & Asia Cup too. She played as a captain of Indian Woman Hockey Team for 7 consecutive years. Current national team representatives from Shahabad are: Suman Bala, Nutan, Meenakshi, Simarjeet Kaur, Balwinder Kaur, Kiran Bala, Gurpreet Kaur, Jasjeet Kaur, Rajni Bala, Rajwinder, Gagandeep Kaur and Surinder Kaur. Beside Hockey Shahabad also excels in other Sports too, Narender Singh of Bibipur block, Shahbad, have climbed Mount Everest and created a new record
Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01 was depleted, without leading leg spinner Anil Kumble. On the spinning tracks of India, this left them at a disadvantage, with the other spinners who had filled the void during the earlier part of the season being Sunil Joshi, Sarandeep Singh and Murali Kartik, all having played less than 10 Tests each. Harbhajan Singh, whose previous best Test figures were only 3/30, was entrusted with a heavy burden, having been recalled at the behest of captain Sourav Ganguly after previous instances of indiscipline. He was to lead the spin attack against an Australian team which had set a world record