Indian junior women's hockey team to tour Chile

NEW DELHI: The Indian junior women's hockey team will be touring Chile later this month where they will play six matches as they prepare for the Junior World Cup scheduled to be held later in the year.

The team will take on the junior Chile team on January 17 and 18. Thereafter, they will be up against the senior Chile team on January 20, 21, 23 and 24.

"We are absolutely ecstatic about touring Chile as it's been a while since we got some match practice due to the coronavirus pandemic, so this will be a good outing especially as it's coming at an apt time. It's all thanks to the efforts taken by Hockey India that we are in a position to return to competition once again," said captain Suman Devi Thoudam.

"It's been very difficult to stay away from tournaments and the tour of Chile has come at the right time. We have practiced well in the last few months and the games against Chile will help us prepare for the Junior Asia Cup which will be held in April 2021. All of us are really looking forward to playing an international tournament after a long break," she added. IANS

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