Sushila Chanu to lead Indian junior women hockey team

New Delhi, June 30, 2013: Hockey India on Sunday announced its junior women hockey team for the FIH Hockey Junior World Cup Women 2013 to be played at Monchengladbach in Germany from July 27 July to August 4, 2013.

Hockey India selectors B P Govinda, Savitri Purty, chief coach senior women national team Neil Hawgood, coach junior women national team Narinder Saini and scientific advisor Matt Tredrea along with Government Observer Harbinder Singh selected the 18 players with 9 standby players on the basis of their recent performance during the Scotland tour, senior women team Europe tour, FIH World League Round 3, Rotterdam and fitness in the preparatory camps.

It was a challenging task for selectors to pick up the best 18 out of the existing 46 eligible players.

Defender Sushila Chanu is the captain of the team while forward Rani is the vice-captain.

India is placed in Pool-C with New Zealand, Australia and Russia. India will play their opening match against Australia on July 27 followed by New Zealand on July 28 and Russia on July 30. All the matches will be played at the two pitches of the Warsteiner Hockey Park in Monchengaladbach, Germany.

Team

GOALKEEPERS

1.     Sanarik Chanu

2.     Bigan Soy

DEFENDERS

3.     Pinky Devi

4.     Deep Grace Ekka

5.     Namita Toppo

6.     Manjit Kaur

7.     M. N Poonamma

8.     Sushila Chanu (Captain)

9.     Monika

MIDFIELDERS

10. Lily Chanu

11. Lilima Minz

12. Navjot Kaur

13. Vandana Kataria

14.Ritusha Arya

FORWARDS

         15. Poonam Rani

16.  Rani (Vice-Captain)

17.  Anupa Barla

18.  Navneet Kaur

STANDBY’S

1. Sukhmani Virk (Goalkeeper)

2. Manmeet Kaur (Defender)

3. Kiran Dahiya (Defender)

4. Sushila Lakra (Defender)

5. Renuka Yadav (Midfielder)

6. Nikki Pradhan (Midfielder)

7. Jaswinder Kaur (Forward)

8. Neha Goyal (Forward)

9. Punam Barla (Forward)

A Hockey India Press release