Hockey India Selection Committee has decided to prune down the list of Senior Women Core Group probables to 33 players during the two-day selection trials which concluded at Aish Bagh Stadium, Bhopal on 10 November.
Hockey India Selectors B.P Govinda, Savitry Purty and Surinder Kaur alongwith Government Observer Harbinder Singh and Chief Coach Neil Hawgood tested the fitness and performance of all the players before pruning down the list of core probables from 48 to 33 so as to build a strong team for New Zealand Test Series in December this year and the FIH World League Round 2 Tournament to be hosted in Delhi during February 2013.
The selectors will announce the squad of 18 players shortly for the New Zealand six match test series to be played in New Zealand from 6 – 16 December 2012.
India will be participating in the FIH World League Round 2 Tournament to be hosted in Delhi from 18 – 24 February 2013.
The 33 Players are as under:
Goalkeepers:
1. Yogita Bali
2. Savita
3. Rajani Etimarpu
Defenders:
4. Pinki Devi
5. Deep Grace Ekka
6. Joydeep Kaur
7. Kirandeep Kaur
8. Jaspreet Kaur
9. Kiran Dahiya
10. Preety Sunila Kiro
11. M.N Ponnamma
12. Deepika
13. Namita Toppo
14. Sushila Chanu
15. Pooja
Midfielders:
16. Ritu Rani
17. Amandeep Kaur
18. Chanchan Devi
19. Navjot Kaur (Senior)
20. Poonam Rani
21. Vandana Katariya
22. Monika Malik
23. Lily Chanu
24. Rashmi Singh
25. Roselin Dung Dung
Forwards:
26. Soundarya Yendala
27. Anupa Barla
28. Rani
29. Lilima Minz
30. Punam Barla
31. Asunta Lakra
32. Sunita Lakra
33. Chaitra Korakuttira