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Star Indian women hockey forward Rani Rampal was announced the captain of a 18-member squad that would be traveling to England in a five-match series, which has been scheduled to start from Sempteber 27 in Marlow. After Rampal, the management has announced goalkeepeer Savita as her deputy.

Hockey India has selected 33 women for the senior national coaching camp which will be held at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) campus in Bengaluru. The players will be reporting to India’s chief coach Sjoerd Marijne for the three-week training camp which will begin from Monday.

Graham Reid has stated that he is looking forward to the opening match of the Olympic Test Event against Malaysia and expects the two teams to have an intense battle. Women’s team’s coach Sjoerd Marijne has said that they will try to use the tournament to improve ahead of the Olympic qualifiers.

Harmanpreet Singh has stated that the upcoming Olympic Test Event in Japan is going to be a good chance for the young Indian players to perform as they will be closely watched ahead of the Olympic Qualifiers. He has also said that playing in Japan will help them understand the conditions as well.