After three months and 20 days, throughout which a FIFA window went unused, the senior India girls’s workforce will return to worldwide soccer once they open towards Estonia within the four-nation Turkish Women’s Cup in Alanya, Turkey, on Wednesday.
Squad reaches Turkey for four-nation meet that additionally has Estonia, Kosovo and Hong Kong
India will play Hong Kong on February 24 and Kosovo three days later. The squad reached Istanbul on Monday.
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“We are getting a tour like this after a long gap and are very eager to play these three matches,” India coach Langam Chaoba Devi was quoted as saying by the-aiff.com.
Fitness received’t be an issue, mentioned the previous worldwide forward of her first task as senior workforce coach, because the gamers have been a part of the Indian Women’s League (IWL) which has been paused for this match. “This is my first tournament as senior India head coach, but I’m not new to the girls. I was with them three to four years ago. I have a very good understanding with them.”
Captain Ashalata Devi will likely be a part of this competitors for the third time however the squad additionally has gamers from the 2022 under-17 World Cup (goalkeeper Monalisha Devi Moirangthem, defenders Ashtam Oraon and Shilky Devi Hemam and ahead Kajol D’Souza). “They will see how European groups play and it will profit them,” mentioned the pinnacle coach.
The squad had a seven-day coaching camp in Bengaluru the place the main focus was on defending as a result of “we are playing against physically strong countries,” mentioned Chaoba Devi.
The gamers have been just a little drained after travelling from Bengaluru to Istanbul by way of New Delhi however will likely be prepared for the opening sport, mentioned Ashalata Devi.
This is the primary time India are enjoying because the second spherical of the Olympic qualifiers ended on November 1.
The squad: Goalkeepers: Shreya Hooda, Elangbam Panthoi Chanu, Monalisha Devi Moirangthem.
Defenders: Ashalata Devi Loitongbam, Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam, Dalima Chhibber, Juli Kishan, Astam Oraon, Shilky Devi Hemam.
Midfielders: Anju Tamang, Sangita Basfore, Karthika Angamuthu, Manisha, Kajol Dsouza, Indumathi Kathiresan.
Forwards: Grace Dangmei, Soumya Gugloth, Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Sanju, Pyari Xaxa, Kaviya Pakkirisamy, Jyoti.
Head coach: Langam Chaoba Devi.
India’s fixtures on the Turkish Women’s Cup 2024:
19:00 IST, February 21: India vs Estonia
19:00 IST, February 24: India vs Hong Kong
16:00 IST, February 27: Kosovo vs India
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
