Thomas Dennerby names Indian women’s football squad for Jordan and Uzbekistan tours
Indian Women’s football team (Source: Twitter)
Indian women’s football team coach Thomas Dennerby named a 23-member squad on Wednesday for the international friendly matches in Jordan and Uzbekistan scheduled to be held later this month. The senior national women’s team will play in Jordan between March 17 to 22, and in Uzbekistan between March 23 and 29. The matches will be played as a preparation for the participation of the Indian team in the first round of the AFC Women’s Olympic Qualifiers.
Indian team is placed in Group G in the Olympic qualifiers, along with the hosts Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan. The three teams will take on each other in a round-robin format from April 4-10. Each winner from all seven groups in the first round will join Asia’s five highest-ranked teams (DPR Korea, Japan, Australia, China and the Republic of Korea) for the second round of the tournament in October.
The Indian squad for the Olympic qualifying tournament will be announced after the friendly matches in Jordan and Uzbekistan.
Gujarat Sports Minister ensured the best facilities for the National team
Recently, Gujarat’s sports minister Harsh Sangha has ensured to provide the best facilities to the National football team after he visited the team’s training session at the TransStadia in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Sangha interacted with the players and staff after the session. Along with him, IAS Ashwani Kumar, Principal Secretary, Sports, Government of Gujarat, Mulrajsinh Chudasama, Secretary of Gujarat State football association and the operations team at Transtadia also greeted the Blue Tigress after the training session
The 23-member squad is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Sowmiya Narayanasamy, Shreya Hooda and Elangbam Panthoi Chanu.
Defenders: Ashalata Devi Loitongbam, Sweety Devi Ngangbam, Ritu Rani, Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam, Michel Castanha, Dalima Chhibber, Manisa Panna and Juli Kishan.
Midfielders: Shilky Devi Hemam, Anju Tamang, Indumathi Kathiresan, Sangita Basfore, Roja Devi Asem, Karthika Angamuthu and Kashmina.
Forwards: Grace Dangmei, Renu, Karishma Shirvoikar, Sandhiya Ranganathan and Apurna Narzary.
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