Indian junior women's hockey team aim to complete World Cup preparations with good show in Australia series

India will play five matches in Australia ahead of FIH Junior World Cup 2025.

The Indian junior women’s hockey team is gearing up to play their five-match Australia Tour, to be held at the National Hockey Centre in Canberra from 26th September to 2nd October.

The young squad will play their first three fixtures against the Australia junior women’s team on 26th, 27th, and 29th September, followed by two matches against Canberra Chill, a club playing in the Australia’s premier Hockey One League, on 30th September and 2nd October.

The team is led by captain Jyoti Singh and coach Tushar Khandker in what is a crucial set of matches in terms of India’s preparations for the FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup 2025, set to be played in December in Santiago, Chile.

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The tour will provide valuable exposure for the young Indian squad, allowing them to test their skills in international conditions against strong teams.

The team played a similar tour in Europe back in June where they faced Belgium, Australia, and the Netherlands over five matches.

India showed prowess as they defeated Belgium three games in a row, followed by a win against Australia and a bitter shootout loss against the Netherlands. 

Speaking on the team’s last outing in Europe, Indian junior women’s hockey team coach, Tushar Khandker said, “After our last tour, we have worked on some areas in terms of structural play and individual technical skills.

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“We have reflected on those matches over the past three months and have done a good job in improving as a group. I hope that in these upcoming five games we’ll be able to show what we have learned and worked on.”

Further talking about the team’s preparations ahead of the Australia series, Tushar Khandker commented, “We’ve been training in the camp in Bangalore, and it has been really good. Our preparations for the upcoming World Cup are on track, and we are here in Australia to play some competitive games.

“The goal of this tour is to identify which are the areas we really need to work on and test ourselves before the World Cup.”

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