Action continued in the 13th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2023 on Tuesday with Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Haryana registering wins in their respective Quarter-Final matches at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha.
Athapaththu claims top billing from Australia opener Beth Mooney on the back of her excellent series against New Zealand that netted a total of 248 runs from three matches and included an amazing knock of 140* from just 80 deliveries that helped Sri Lanka record an unlikely series triumph.
The squad includes three rising Under 19 stars- Zaida James, Ashmini Munisar, and Djenaba Joseph. West Indies will enter the T20I series on a high having clinched the CG United ODI Series 2-0, with one match being a no result due to rain.
In the first match of the day, Hockey Maharashtra defeated Delhi Hockey 6-2 in Pool D. In the second match on Monday, Hockey Haryana defeated Hockey Bengal 10-4 in Pool A.
Action continued in the 13th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2023 with Hockey Madhya Pradesh and Hockey Mizoram registering victories in their respective matches at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela, Odisha.
Former cricketers Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Jaffer expressed their thoughts after West Indies failed to clinch a spot for the Men's ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 which is slated to begin on October 5.