Indian women's hockey team look to end Australia tour on good note

The Indian women’s hockey team will face Australia in two more friendly matches on this tour.

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team will hope for a better performance in the last two matches on the Australia tour. India will face a tough challenge against Australia, and they are working hard to ensure that the team’s performance is of high quality.

With one eye on the World Cup next year and the FIH Hockey Pro League in Europe later this year, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team is also trying out new combinations and strategies on this tour of Australia. While India has not registered a win as yet on the tour, the final two games represent a big chance to rectify that.

India’s 26-member squad, led by Captain Salima Tete and Vice-Captain Navneet Kaur, has so far played the Australian senior team once, and despite a spirited performance, they were handed a 0-2 defeat by the hosts in Perth. Before the game against the Australian senior side, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team also played a couple of friendlies against the Australian A side, but were not able to register wins despite gritty and determined performances.

Going into the final two games of the tour, Chief Coach Harendra Singh and Indian Women’s Hockey Team will be hoping to fix the chinks in the armour and build on the strengths of the side.

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team is a healthy mix of experience and youth, and under the leadership of Chief Coach Harendra Singh, the squad has made significant progress. While the results in Australia may not have gone the way the team would have liked, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team is looking to build for the future.

In attack and defence, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team has already shown immense potential and is well placed to build a solid squad for major tournaments in the future.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Coach Harendra Singh said, “The Indian Women’s Hockey Team is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that the squad is a robust one. While we have not had much success in terms of winning games on the tour of Australia, there have been plenty of positives from the performances already.”

He further added, “The defeats do hurt us, especially when we have conceded soft goals in, but there is nothing that can replace or match up to the intensity of playing these matches. The more games and game time the Indian Women’s Hockey Team gets, the better it is for the players, especially the younger ones. This tour is of a lot of importance as facing top-quality opposition is extremely crucial for the development of the squad.”

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team will face Australia in the final two games of the tour on 3rd and 4th May, with the games beginning at 15:10 Hrs respectively in Perth.

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