Indian Women Hockey Team Will Return Next Year
Indian women hockey team will return from Argentina tour next year, watch the Olympics.
The Indian women hockey team will return to the field after about a year in the midst of the Corona epidemic with the Argentina tour starting next week and restore Olympic preparations.
The Indian team’s core group of 25 players and seven support staff will leave Delhi on January 3. The Indian team will play eight matches from January 17 against hosts Argentina.
Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, said, “There are now around 200 days to reach the Games Village in July 2021 for the Tokyo Olympics.
Playing against strong teams like Argentina is a must.
Our team is thrilled with this opportunity. This will give us an idea of what we are in after a five-month national camp in Bangalore.
The last international match was played by the Indian women’s team in New Zealand in January this year. India had won three matches in the five-match series against New Zealand and Britain.
India’s coach Shored Marin said, ‘I am happy that after one year we are going to play international matches. This will tell us what the next step will be for the preparations for the Tokyo Olympics.
Hockey India and the host hockey association have created a bio-bubble (safe environment designed to protect against corona) for both teams.
The Indian women’s team will stay in a hotel where there will be separate rooms or halls for meals, team meetings, and sessions. Two people will stay in one room and both of them will share the room during the entire tour.
The seating arrangements in team coaches and buses have also been carefully thought out carefully. Team players will not exit the bio-bubble and will not meet any third party.
The entire Indian team will have a corona test 72 hours before their departure. Argentina does not have to live in quarantine, but the team will follow all the Indian and Argentine government regulations on safety and health.
