Harmanpreet Kaur is on a roll at the moment as her team reached the semi-finals of the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa. She has now also become the first player to feature in 150 T20Is and ahead of the crucial match against Australia, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina made unique gestures
Against South Africa, India won 5-1, 7-0 and 4-0 and drew 2-2 in the last game and against Netherlands, they lost the three friendlies with an identical margin of 1-3.
The team is scheduled to play four matches against the home team starting January 16 in Cape Town and will take on World No. 1 Netherlands in three matches starting January 23
Hockey India named a set of 33 players as the Core Probables Group for the National Camp from January 2 to 13, when the players will be putting in the hard yards to further fine-tune their strategies and combinations
The Indian hockey team under the leadership of goalkeeper Savita Punia won the Women's FIH Nations Cup 2022 final on Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Spain, securing their spot in the 2023-24 FIH Pro League.
After Carroll Naomi (14') put Ireland ahead, Udita found the equalizer for India in the 44th minute. At 1-1 at the final whistle, India won the shootout 2-1 to advance to the final against Spain on Saturday.
The Savita-led team began their campaign with a dominant 3-1 win over Chile, before defeating Japan 2-1 and South Africa 2-0 in their third Pool B match to top the group with 9 points and secure their place in the semifinal, according to a press release from Hockey India.
Indian forward Sangita Kumari (2') and midfielder Sonika (10') gave India an early lead, and Navneet Kaur (31') made it 3-0. Fernanda Villagran equalized for Chile in the 43rd minute.
Riding on the confidence from a good show at the CWG, where the team won a Bronze Medal, the Savita-led squad will be vying to start their campaign with a win.
The stand-in captain opened up about the turnaround of Indian hockey in the past few years and talked about the major shift that has taken place, helping Indian hockey regain some of its old glory.