~The Males’s Group will likely be led by Simranjeet Singh and Vice Captained by Mandeep Mor whereas the Girls’s squad will likely be Captained by Rajni Etimarpu and Vice Captained by Mahima Chaudhary~
Hockey India on Sunday named the Indian Males’s and Girls’s Hockey Groups for the upcoming FIH Hockey5s World Cup to be held in Muscat, Oman.
Whereas the FIH Hockey5s Girls’s World Cup 2024 will likely be held between twenty fourth January and twenty seventh January, the FIH Hockey5s Males’s World Cup 2024 will start on twenty eighth January and conclude on thirty first January.
The Indian Girls’s Group will likely be led by skilled goalkeeper Rajni Etimarpu and Vice Captained by defender Mahima Chaudhary. The group additionally contains Bansari Solanki because the second goalkeeper, with Akshata Abaso Dhekale and Jyoti Chhatri as defenders. Amongst midfielders, Mariana Kujur and Mumtaz Khan have been named whereas Ajmina Kujur, Rutaja Dadaso Pisal and Deepika Soreng have been named as forwards.
The Indian Girls’s Group are grouped in Pool C together with Namibia, Poland and america. A complete of 16 groups will take part within the FIH Hockey5s Girls’s World Cup 2024 which incorporates Fiji, Malaysia, the Netherlands and hosts Oman in Pool Some time Australia, South Africa, Ukraine and Zambia are in Pool B and Pool D options New Zealand, Paraguay, Thailand and Uruguay. Talking in regards to the group choice, Coach Soundarya mentioned, “The group contains younger gamers with sufficient worldwide expertise and understanding of the challenges of taking part in a prestigious occasion such because the Hockey 5’s World Cup. We’re effectively ready and are upbeat forward of the event.”
The Indian Males’s Group, in the meantime, options skilled ahead Simranjeet Singh, Olympic Bronze medallist, main the group together with defender Mandeep Mor who has accomplished effectively for India on this format. The group contains goalkeepers Suraj Karkera and Prashant Kumar Chauhan. Mandeep Mor will likely be joined by Manjeet in defence. Midfield options Mohd Raheel Mouseen and Maninder Singh whereas fowardline contains Pawan Rajbhar, Gurjot Singh and Uttam Singh together with Captain Simranjeet.
Grouped in Pool B, the Indian Group will play towards Egypt, Jamaica and Switzerland to make the knockout rounds. The opposite groups within the fray embrace the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan and Poland in Pool A and Pool C options Australia, Kenya, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago whereas Pool D contains Fiji, Malaysia, Oman and america.
Talking in regards to the males’s aspect, Coach Sardar Singh mentioned, “We now have chosen a really balanced group with youth and expertise for this thrilling format of hockey. A number of gamers on this squad have already got the expertise of taking part in this format and are desperate to carry out effectively. We now have labored exhausting for this event and sit up for ending on the rostrum.”
