Experience India Goalkeeper Savita Punia will continue to be in charge of the team while Deep Grace Ekka will be the deputy for the FIH Women’s Nations Cup to be held for the first time in December this year.
Hockey India (HI) on Wednesday selected a 20-man squad, including veteran midfielder Navjot Kaur, for the December 10-17 event in Valencia, Spain, who will be playing the national setup after missing out on the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. I have returned. to Covid-19.
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The Nations Cup is an important fixture in the international calendar as it introduces a system of promotion–relegation, where the champions will be promoted to the Women’s Pro League’s 2023–2024 season.
India are placed in Pool B along with Canada, Japan and South Africa. The other teams in the field are Ireland, Italy, Korea and Spain, which are placed in Pool A.
Young forward Beauty Dungdung is set to make her international debut in the tournament and the team has Deep Grace, Gurjit Kaur and Nikki Pradhan in defense.
The women’s team recently won a bronze medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after making their debut in the 2021–22 Pro League season. India put on an impressive campaign, surpassing Argentina and the Netherlands in their first Pro League appearance. The team will seek to win the FIH Women’s Nations Cup in 2023–2024 to make its second FIH Pro League appearance.
“I am very happy with the performance of the entire sports group in this camp. Our standards are rising and the group is very competitive. It was difficult to pick 20 players but I believe this group has the right to do well and show that. Would be a good chance to see what we’re working on.
Squad: Goalkeepers – Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam; Defenders – Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjit Kaur, Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Ishika Choudhary; Midfielders – Nisha, Salima Tete, Sushila Chanu, Pukhrambam, Monica, Neha, Sonika, Jyoti, Navjot Kaur; Forwards- Vandana Kataria, Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur, Sangeeta Kumari, Beauty Dungdung.
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