Indian women’s hockey team going to Cape Town, South Africa to train and play test matches from 14 to 30 January 2023 Four women hockey players from the state, Nikki Pradhan, Salima Tete, Sangeeta Kumari and Beauty Dungdung are also included. For this tour, the Indian women’s hockey team will leave for South Africa on January 13 and will play four matches with South Africa and 03 matches with the Netherlands. Let us tell you that the Indian women’s hockey team will leave on January 13 for the tour of South Africa.
During this tour, which will run from January 16 to 28, world number eight team India will play four matches against 22nd-ranked South Africa and three matches against world number one team Netherlands. Nikki Pradhan, who is part of the Indian women’s hockey team, is a resident of Hesal in Khunti district, while Salima Tete is a resident of Barkichapar under Sadar block of Simdega district, and Sangeeta Kumari and Beauty Dungdung are also residents of Kargaguri under Kersai block of Simdega district.
Experienced forward and former Indian women’s hockey team captain Rani Rampal will return to the team for the first time since the FIH Women’s Hockey Pro League 2021-22 match against Belgium in June last year.
Jharkhand together in the Indian women’s hockey team Hockey India’s general secretary cum president of Hockey Jharkhand Bholanath Singh congratulated and best wishes to the players of the entire team on the selection of four players each. He said that in 2015 it started with Nikki Pradhan and now 4 of our players have been selected in the Indian women’s hockey team, it is a matter of pride for the state.
On the selection of 4 players, Sports Director Smt. The coaches, officials of the sports department have congratulated.
Indian women’s hockey team
goalkeeper : Savita Punia (Captain), Bichu Devi Kharibam
defender : Nikki Pradhan, Udita, Ishika Chowdhary, Gurjeet Kaur
midfielder : Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, P. Sushila Chanu, Nisha, Salima Tete, Monika, Neha, Sonika, Baljeet Kaur
forward : Lalremsiami, Navneet Kaur (Vice-Captain), Vandana Katariya, Sangeeta Kumari, Beauty Dungdung, Rani Rampal, Reena Khokhar, Sharmila Devi
