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Pune, twelfth March 2024: The 14th Hockey India Senior Ladies Nationwide Championship is all set to kick off on the thirteenth March on the Main Dhyanchand Hockey Stadium Pimpri in Pune, Maharashtra with the Last scheduled to happen on the twenty third of March. A complete of 27 groups which were divided into eight swimming pools will probably be vying for high honours. With FanCode live-streaming the whole match, the joy across the championship is like by no means earlier than.
The upcoming match holds significance as it’ll function the platform for selecting the subsequent core probables for the Indian Ladies’s Hockey Crew. Nearly all of the Senior Ladies’s Crew, which incorporates key gamers akin to Indian Captain Savita, probably the most capped participant Vandana Katariya, seasoned professional Monika, skilled gamers like Navneet Kaur, Salima Tete, in addition to rising abilities like Deepika and Sangita Kumari, are all poised to participate within the competitors from their respective states.
Whereas defending Champions Hockey Madhya Pradesh have been slotted in Pool A together with Hockey Bihar and Chhattisgarh Hockey, final yr’s runners-up and hosts of this yr’s version Hockey Maharashtra discover themselves in Pool B with Delhi Hockey and Kerala Hockey. Pool C consists of Hockey Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh Hockey and Hockey Andhra Pradesh whereas Hockey Haryana, Le Puducherry Hockey and Assam Hockey type Pool D.
Hockey Affiliation of Odisha, Hockey Chandigarh and Goans Hockey are part of Pool E. Pool F consists of Hockey Punjab, Hockey Himachal, Hockey Rajasthan and Hockey Mizoram. Hockey Karnataka discover themselves in Pool G alongside Manipur Hockey, Hockey Uttarakhand and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu Hockey whereas Hockey Bengal, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Hockey Gujarat and Telangana Hockey type Pool H.
The highest workforce from every Pool will advance to the Quarter-Finals, slated for March twentieth, with the Semi-Finals set to happen on March twenty second. The third/4th place play-off is scheduled for March twenty third, adopted by the Last later that night.
Notably, 29 Indian worldwide gamers will probably be part of this match, taking the extent of hockey to new heights. Hockey Maharashtra could have Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Akshata Abaso Dhekale and Rajani Etimarpu within the workforce whereas the likes of Mariana Kujur, Ajmina Kujur and Jyoti Chhatri will flip up for Hockey Affiliation of Odisha. Nikki Pradhan, Magnificence Dungdung, Salima Tete and Sangita Kumari will probably be seen in motion for Hockey Jharkhand and Baljeet Kaur and Gurjit Kaur will characterize Hockey Punjab.
Hockey Uttar Pradesh will see Mumtaz Khan, Vandana Katariya and Bansari Solanki donning their colors whereas Bichu Devi Kharibam, Ishika Chaudhary and Lalremsiami will characterize Manipur Hockey, Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Mizoram respectively. Hockey Haryana will subject a star-studded line-up consisting of 11 worldwide gamers, specifically Monika, Navneet Kaur, Neha, Nisha, Deepika, Mahima Chaudhary, Jyoti, Savita, Sharmila Devi, Sonika and Udita.
Talking concerning the upcoming occasion, Hockey India President Dr. Dilip Tirkey mentioned, “It’s nice to see so many worldwide gamers turning up for his or her respective state groups. Not solely does this higher the extent of hockey, but it surely additionally helps children acquire some precious expertise enjoying alongside the senior execs. The Hockey India Senior Ladies Nationwide Championship is a large platform for all of the gamers and we will count on to unearth many abilities who might probably characterize the Indian Ladies’s Hockey Crew sooner or later.”
Hockey Madhya Pradesh will play Chhattisgarh Hockey on thirteenth March at 0700hrs IST within the match opener.
All of the matches will probably be live-streamed on FanCode.