The 24-year-old player Sukhvinder Singh was returning home after practice when he was shot dead last evening.
"Two persons on a scooter shot dead Sukhwinder with a pistol near his house on Tuesday evening," a police official said.
The crime was captured on a CCTV installed at a nearby house.
In the CCTV footage, Sukhvinder is seen talking to someone on his mobile while returning home. Two unidentified assailants on a scooter approached him and then fired shots at him in his chest and forehead following which he fell on the ground.
According to the parents of the deceased, Sukhvinder did not have personal enmity with anyone.