As many as four players from Odisha have secured their berths in the 33-member Core Probables for Indian Women’s Hockey National coaching camp scheduled to begin at the Sports Authority of India in Bangalore from Monday.
The players are Deep Grace Ekka, Sunita Lakra, Rashmita Minz and Lilima Minz.
The players will report to Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne for the four-week camp that concludes on August 11 following which the Indian team will travel to Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Test Event to be played between India, Japan, Australia and China starting from August 17.
Goalkeepers Savita, Rajani Etimarpu and Bichu Devi Kharibam along with defenders Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Suman Devi Thoudam, Sunita Lakra, Salima Tete, Manpreet Kaur, Gurjit Kaur, Rashmita Minz, Mahima Choudhary and Nisha, have all been called-up for the camp.
While midfielders Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Chetna, Reet, Anuja Singh, Karishma Yadav and Sonika will also report to camp on Monday. Forwards Rani, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya, Navjot Kaur, Navneet Kaur, Rajwinder Kaur, Jyoti, Sharmila Devi, Amandeep Kaur and Priyanka Wankhede have been asked to report for the camp.