Two players of Madhya Pradesh State Women's Hockey Academy performed brilliantly in the All India Invitation Prize Women's Hockey Competition and won the match.
The competition is being played in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh from December 22 and will continue till December 27. The Madhya Pradesh State Women's Hockey Academy won the match after defearing Maharashtra by 2-0 points in the final match.
Academy player Ishika Chaudhary was awarded the Best Player of the Tournament, Bichhu Devi the Best Goal Keeper, Karishma Yadav the Best Mid Fielder and Anuja Singh the Best Forward.
These players were presented with an honor fund of ten thousand rupees. In this tournament Indian Railways New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh Railway New Delhi, Haryana Women's Hockey Academy Sonepat, Tata Steel Plant Bhilai Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu Hockey Chennai, Sai Bhopal.
Players from well-known teams like E.Railway participated and demonstrated their talent.
The team of Madhya Pradesh Women's Hockey Academy, Jitu Patwari, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare and Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen congratulated the winning team and appreciated the excellent performance of the players on this achievement.
In the final match played on Friday, there was no goal for both the teams till the 48th minute. In the 39th minute of the match, Academy player Neeraj Rana started the team victorious by scoring the first field goal. In the 44th minute of the match, Academy player Ishika Chaudhary scored the second penalty corner goal for the team to give Madhya Pradesh Women's Hockey Academy a 2–0 win.
In the league matches played earlier, the Academy team defeated Sports College Gorakhpur 11-0 and in the other league match, Tamil Nadu 10-1. In the semi-final match, the team of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy defeated Northern Railway 2–0 to enter the final.
The said players receives training from the academy's Chief Instructor Paramjit Singh and Assistant Instructor Vandana Uike.