18-Member Women’s Junior Hockey Team India is All Set for Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations Tournament

May 22, 2019

Details of the Women’s Junior Hockey Team India are out for Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations Tournament. Suman Devi Thoudam and Gagandeep Kaur are selected as the Captain and Vice Captain respectively.

The team will first head towards Dublin to play two-day match series on 28th and 29th May’19. The first match will be with the Irish National team and the second one with Canada Jr. Women’s team. Then the next four day series scheduled to be held at Baranovichi, Belarus from 31st May to 4th June with four nations participating in the matches named India, Ireland, Canada and Scottland.

After this, the team will play a match on 6th June’19 against Irish National team followed by five-day match series scheduled to start from 9th June’19 in Belarus.

Below are the details of the team.

Goalkeepers – Bichu Devi Kharibam and Khushboo

Defenders – Ishika Chaudhary, 4. Suman Devi Thoudam (Captain), Priyanka, Mahima Choudhary, Simran Singh and Gagandeep Kaur (Vice-Captain)

Midfielders – Preeti, Mariana Kujur, Chetna, Ajmina Kujur and Baljeet Kaur

Forwards – Mumtaz Khan, Beauty Dungdung, Sharmila Devi, Reet and Lalrindiki

Upon the selection of the team, coach of Indian Jr. Women’s Team, Baljeet Singh said that the team is all set to compete against the stronger teams of the world. The selection is based on keeping all the crucial things in mind and hoping for the excellent performance in the upcoming matches.

All the Best Team India!

Keep watching this space for further updates to the matches.

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