The Indian Womens Hockey team took off from the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru for 3 match sequence towards Australia and two match sequence towards Australia A to be performed on the MATE Stadium in Adelaide, Australia. Photo: Twitter/@TheHockeyIndia
The Indian women’s hockey team will look to put its greatest foot ahead when it kick-starts its Asian Games preparation towards world quantity three Australia in a five-match tour right here on Thursday.
The Indians will play the primary three matches towards Australia senior aspect on May 18, 20 and 21 earlier than taking over Australia ‘A’ on May 25 and 27 on the Mate Stadium.
Led by skilled goalkeeper Savita, the eighth ranked guests would look to get a good thought about the place they stand and what wants to be corrected to win the Hangzhou Asian Games, scheduled from September 23 to October 8 this 12 months, and earn a direct ticket to Paris Olympics.
Savita can have defender Deep Grace Ekka as her deputy.
The Indians arrived right here 4 days in advance to get acclimatised to the circumstances.
“We are training everyday and even under the lights so that the team get used to the field and circumstances in Adelaide as our matches are scheduled to take place in the evening,” Savita stated.
“We even had our training session this morning, and the team did some game play.” The Indians would take coronary heart from their current performances towards the mighty Aussies.
India defeated three-time Olympic gold medallists Australia 1-0 in the quarter-finals on the Tokyo Olympics. The two groups additionally met in the 2022 Commonwealth Games semi-finals in Birmingham, which Australia gained in a penalty shoot-out.
“Players are excited and ready to take on Australia. The weather is quite nice here. We are feeling good and are ready to show what we’ve been working on in the last couple of weeks,” India’s chief coach Janneke Schopman stated.
Tour schedule:
May 18: India vs Australia at 14:15 IST
May 20: India vs Australia at 14:15 IST
May 21: India vs Australia at 13:45 IST
May 25: India vs Australia A at 14:15 IST
May 27: India vs Australia A at 14:15 IST.
