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The Indian women’s hockey team will visit Argentina in January 2021, its first international tour after nearly a year. According to the report of Hockey India website, a core group of 25 players and seven support staff of the Indian team will leave for Argentina from Delhi on January 3, the Indian team will play eight matches against hosts Argentina from January 17. Hockey India and Argentina Hockey Federation have created a bio bubble for both teams. Players from both teams will not exit the bio bubble and will not meet any third party.
Start preparing now
The seating arrangements in team coaches and buses have also been carefully thought out carefully. Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, said about the tour, “There is now around 200 days to reach Khelgaon for the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. It is necessary to prepare by playing against strong teams like Argentina.
The Indian women’s hockey team will visit Argentina in January 2021, its first international tour after nearly a year. According to the report of Hockey India website, a core group of 25 players and seven support staff of the Indian team will leave for Argentina from Delhi on January 3, the Indian team will play eight matches against hosts Argentina from January 17. Hockey India and Argentina Hockey Federation have created a bio bubble for both teams. Players from both teams will not exit the bio bubble and will not meet any third party.
Start preparing now
The seating arrangements in team coaches and buses have also been carefully thought out carefully. Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian women’s hockey team, said about the tour, “There is now around 200 days to reach Khelgaon for the Tokyo Olympics in July 2021. It is necessary to prepare by playing against strong teams like Argentina.
The team is confident
Our team is thrilled with this opportunity. This will give us an idea of what we are doing after a five-month national camp in Bengaluru. Indian team coach Shuard Marine said, ‘I am happy that after a 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. 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.
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