India announce 26-member probable squad for SAFF Women's Championship

Published at :August 28, 2022 at 9:52 PM

Modified at :December 13, 2023 at 1:01 PM

(Courtesy : AIFF Media)

The Blue Tigresses will begin their campaign on September 7 against Pakistan.

The Indian senior women’s national team for the SAFF Women’s Championship 2022 will be having a preparatory camp in Pune starting tomorrow (August 29 till September 2, 2022). The Championship is scheduled to take place in Nepal from 6-19 September, and the Blue Tigresses will depart for Nepal on September 3.

The Indian women, the defending champions, have been drawn in Group A along with Maldives, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and will open their campaign against Pakistan on September 7, 2022. The top two teams from the group will advance to the semifinals.

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A total of eight teams are participating in the SAFF Women's Championship 2022. Apart from hosts Nepal and India, the other teams are Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. The group stages will take place from September 6 to 13. The top two teams from each group will directly qualifiy for the semi-finals, which will be played on September 16. The final will take place three days later.

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The list of 26 probables for the preparatory camp in Pune is as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Aditi Chauhan, Maibam Linthoingambi Devi, Shreya Hooda, Sowmiya Narayanasamy

DEFENDERS: Sweety Devi, Ritu Rani, Ashalata Devi, Ranjana Chanu, Manisa Panna, Arifa Sayed, Michel Castanha, Juli Kishan, Santosh

MIDFIELDERS: Anju Tamang, Karthika Angamuthu, Priyangka Devi, Martina Thokchom, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Kaviya Pakkirisamy, Kashmina, Ratanbala Devi

FORWARDS: Dular Marandi, Apurna Narzary, Soumya Guguloth, Renu, Kiran Pisda

HEAD COACH: Suren Chettri

India women's team's fixtures in SAFF Women’s Championship 2022:

September 7: India vs PakistanSeptember 10: Maldives vs IndiaSeptember 13: India vs Bangladesh

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