Indian Women’s Hockey Team for Hawke’s Bay Cup
India Plus Tv- Nov 3, 2022
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Hockey India announced senior women’s team for the Hawke’s Bay Cup. Hasting, New Zealand will host the Hawke’s Bay Cup starting from April 2 till April 10. Deepika will lead the 18-member team in the tournament. The tournament is seen as an important stop on the road to the 2016 Rio Olympics from the preparation point of view.
The selectors have tried to balance between experience and youthful energy in order to boost the bench strength of the senior women’s team in a year of Olympic.
India, currently ranked 13th according to the latest FIH world rankings has been grouped in Pool B with New Zealand (4th), China (5th) and Ireland (15th). Apart from India, both New Zealand and China have also qualified for the Olympics. Pool A consists of Australia, Korea, Japan and Canada. The pool league matches will determine the seeding for the quarter-finals with all eight teams proceeding to the knock-out stage.
The challenge for the Indian team would be to improve upon their last year’s seventh place finish. India will take on the formidable Black Sticks in their opening encounter on 2 April 2016 before going up against Ireland on 3rd April and China on 5th April.
Training under the vigilant eyes of Chief Coach Neil Hawgood, the Indian eves will be aiming to put up an improved show in the tournament and further fuel their spirit ahead of the most crucial 2016 Rio Olympics.
The Indian women’s team is training at the preparatory camp that’s underway at the SAI Centre in Bangalore.
The name of the team members includes:
GOALKEEPERS
1. Savita
2. Rajani Etimarpu
DEFENDERS
3. Deep Grace Ekka
4. Deepika (Captain)
5. Sunita Lakra
6. Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam (Vice Captain)
7. H. Lalruatfeli
8. Namita Toppo
9. Nikki Pradhan
MIDFIELDERS
10. Lilima Minz
11. Navjot Kaur
12. Monika
13. Preeti Dubey
FORWARDS
14. Rani
15. Poonam Rani
16. Vandana Kataria
17. Anuradha Devi Thokchom
18. Sonika
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