Odisha Squad For 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2023 Announced

Bhubaneswar: The Hockey Association of Odisha announced its 18-member squad for the 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2023, scheduled to begin on May 4.

All matches of this 11-day tournament will be played at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela. The Final match is scheduled to be held on May 14. Twenty-eight teams will participate in this tournament. The Odisha team will be led by Captain Amisha Kullu (Goalkeeper), while Tanuja Toppo is the Vice-Captain of the team. Sushmita Dungdung, Karuna Minz, and Puja Majhi are some of the key players to look out for given their phenomenal performance in the 2022 Khelo India Youth Games.

Notably, some of the Odisha Naval Tata Hockey HPC’s homegrown athletes have also been shortlisted by the Hockey Association in the 18-member team with likes of goalkeepers Amisha Kullu and Pabitra Hodam, striker and defensive midfielder Doli Bhoi and Drupati Naik, and defender Neharika Toppo.

The Odisha team will play against Kerala Hockey on May 4. The competing teams are grouped into four pools. Pool A consists of Hockey Haryana, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu and Tripura Hockey, while Hockey Jharkhand, Hockey Bengal, and Hockey Uttarakhand are placed in Pool B. Pool C has Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Chhattisgarh Hockey and Delhi Hockey, while Pool D features Hockey Madhya Pradesh, Assam Hockey, and Hockey Himachal.