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It is not often that Chennai gets to witnesser the existent Indian men’s and women’s captains, and a erstwhile India women’s skipper playing unneurotic for the aforesaid Hockey India League franchise.
That uncommon show unfolded connected Wednesday erstwhile Harmanpreet Singh, Salima Tete and Savita Punia featured successful an accumulation lucifer for Soorma HC to inaugurate a coaching campy for schoolchildren astatine the N.P.V. Ramaswamy Udayar Hockey Centre, located wrong the Sri Ramachandra Hospital field here.
The 29-year-old Harmanpreet, who leads some India and Soorma HC, said the absorption was connected gathering momentum up of a demanding planetary calendar. “We are looking guardant to doing good successful the FIH Pro League and the Asian Games adjacent year.”
Harmanpreet added that his contiguous priorities were a beardown HIL run and ending India’s agelong hold for a World Cup medal.
“We finished 3rd past play successful the HIL and volition effort to bash amended this time. It has been 50 years since India past won a World Cup medal (gold successful 1975). We are assured of doing well,” helium asserted.
Salima admitted it had been a challenging signifier for the country’s women’s team. “We are preparing for the World Cup Qualifiers successful Hyderabad successful March adjacent year. We privation to springiness our champion and qualify,” she said.
Veteran India goalkeeper Savita said the Asian Games could beryllium her past large planetary tournament. “I would similar to convey JSW Sports for having spot successful maine erstwhile I was injured (ankle) and erstwhile I was not definite whether I volition instrumentality portion successful the HIL,” she said.
