Salima Tete to steer Indian ladies’s hockey group on Australia tour

Navneet Kaur has been named deputy to Salima whereas Savita Punia will share goalkeeping tasks with teenager Bichu Devi Kharibam.

Skilled Sushila Chanu will lead the defensive together with Ishika Chaudhary, Jyoti Singh, Sujata Kujur, Jyoti, Ajmina Kujur, Sakshi Rana, and Suman Devi Thoudam.

Within the midfield, together with Salima, Vaishnavi Phalke, Nehal, Sharmila Devi, Manisha Chauhan, Sunelita Toppo, Pooja Yadav, Mahima Tete, and Lalremsiami will take the sphere.

India will discipline a younger ahead line with Deepika, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Deepika Soreng, and Magnificence Dungdung.

Moreover, Bansari Solanki (goalkeeper), Anjana Dundung and Lalthantluangi (defenders), Sakshi Shukla and Khaidem Shileima Chanu (midfielders), together with Dipi Monika Toppo and Sonam (forwards), have been named as standby gamers.

“This tour to Australia is a vital alternative for us to check our expertise and techniques in opposition to top-level competitors. We’ve chosen a balanced squad that mixes expertise with contemporary power. It’s nice to see younger gamers incomes their spots via constant performances in nationwide degree tournaments and senior camps. It will likely be thrilling to see how they adapt and rise to the problem on the worldwide degree,” stated Harendra Singh in an official press launch.

Indian ladies’s hockey squad for Australia tour

Goalkeepers: Savita Punia, Bichu Devi Kharibam

Defenders: Sushila Chanu, Ishika Chaudhary, Jyoti Singh, Sujata Kujur, Jyoti, Ajmina Kujur, Sakshi Rana, Suman Devi Thoudam.

Midfielders: Salima Tete, Vaishnavi Phalke, Nehal, Sharmila Devi, Manisha Chauhan, Sunelita Toppo, Pooja Yadav, Mahima Tete, Lalremsiami.

Forwards: Navneet Kaur, Deepika, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal, Mumtaz Khan, Baljeet Kaur, Deepika Soreng, Magnificence Dungdung.