~Savita will function Captain, whereas veteran ahead Vandana Katariya has been named her deputy~
Bengaluru, thirtieth December 2023: Hockey India, on Saturday, named an 18-member Indian Girls’s Hockey Workforce for the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024, scheduled to be held in Ranchi from thirteenth to nineteenth January. The squad will take the sector in Ranchi with the intention to complete as one of many prime three groups within the competitors and safe qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
India have been positioned in Pool B, together with New Zealand, Italy, and the US. In the meantime, Germany, Japan, Chile, and the Czech Republic will battle it out in Pool A. India will open their marketing campaign in opposition to the US on the thirteenth January, adopted by a match in opposition to New Zealand on the 14th January, and they’re going to go up in opposition to Italy within the final Pool B match on the sixteenth January.
The Indian Girls’s Hockey Workforce for the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024 includes goalkeepers, Savita and Bichu Devi Kharibam. In the meantime, Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Ishika Chaudhary, and Monika have been named as defenders within the squad.
Nisha, Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Neha, Navneet Kaur, Salima Tete, Sonika, Jyoti, and Magnificence Dungdung will characteristic within the midfield. Lalremsiami, Sangita Kumari, Deepika, and Vandana Katariya will lead the road as forwards.
Seasoned Indian custodian Savita, who just lately gained her third consecutive FIH Goalkeeper of the Yr Award, will as soon as once more be main the squad. In the meantime, veteran ahead Vandana Katariya, who just lately grew to become the first-ever girls participant from India to finish 300 caps, has been named as Savita’s deputy for the all-important event.
Talking on the crew choice, Indian Girls’s Hockey Workforce Chief Coach Janneke Schopman mentioned, “The FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024 is a crucial event on our Paris 2024 Olympics journey. It’s crucial that we reside as much as expectations and all of the gamers within the squad are working to safe qualification. After cautious consideration, we now have chosen a well-balanced crew with immense talent and expertise in all departments. Additionally, Savita and Vandana have confronted high-pressure conditions quite a few occasions of their profession to this point, they’re nicely outfitted to information the remainder of the crew because the Captain and Vice Captain.”
Indian Girls’s Hockey Workforce for FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024:
Goalkeepers
1. Savita ©
2. Bichu Devi Kharibam
Defenders
3. Nikki Pradhan
4. Udita
5. Ishika Chaudhary
6. Monika
Midfielders
7. Nisha
8. Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke
9. Neha
10. Navneet Kaur
11. Salima Tete
12. Sonika
13. Jyoti
14. Magnificence Dungdung
Forwards
15. Lalremsiami
16. Sangita Kumari
17. Deepika
18. Vandana Katariya
