Hockey India on Saturday (December 30) introduced an 18-member Indian ladies’s hockey squad for the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024.
The FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 will likely be held from January 13 to 19 in Ranchi and can function a qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The highest three groups (champions, runners-up, and third-place winner) on the finish of the match will make it to the mega occasion.
The hosts are pitted in Pool B of the competitors alongside Italy, New Zealand and the USA. Germany, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Chile will compete in Pool A of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024.
Goalkeeper Savita was named as India’s skipper for the match, whereas star participant Vandana Katariya will function her deputy as India goal for a Paris Olympics 2024 berth.
Concerning the workforce choice, Indian Girls’s Hockey Staff Chief Coach Janneke Schopman was quoted as saying by Hockey India:
“The FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024 is a vital match on our Paris 2024 Olympics journey. It’s crucial that we dwell as much as expectations and all of the gamers within the squad are working to safe qualification. After cautious consideration, now we have chosen a well-balanced workforce with immense talent and expertise in all departments.
She added:
“Additionally, Savita and Vandana have confronted high-pressure conditions quite a few occasions of their profession to this point, they’re nicely geared up to information the remainder of the workforce because the Captain and Vice Captain.”
Indian Girls’s Hockey Staff for FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024:
Right here is the Indian Girls’s Hockey Staff for the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Ranchi 2024:
Goalkeepers: Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam
Defenders: Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Ishika Chaudhary, Monika
Midfielders: Nisha, Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Neha, Navneet Kaur, Salima Tete, Sonika, Jyoti, Magnificence Dungdung
Forwards: Lalremsiami, Sangita Kumari, Deepika, Vandana Katariya
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Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee