Sports News | Indian Team to Have Short Preparatory Camp for SAFF Women's Championship
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. The Indian senior women's team for the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 will be having a short preparatory camp in Pune from August 29 to September 2.
New Delhi, Aug 28 (PTI) The Indian senior women's team for the SAFF Women's Championship 2022 will be having a short preparatory camp in Pune from August 29 to September 2.
The championship is scheduled to take place in Nepal from September 6-19, and the Blue Tigresses will depart for the host country on September 3.
The Indian women, the defending champions, have been drawn in Group A along with Maldives, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and will open their campaign against Pakistan on September 7.
The top two teams from the group will advance to the semifinals.
The list of 26 probables for the preparatory camp:
GOALKEEPERS: Aditi Chauhan, Maibam Linthoingambi Devi, Shreya Hooda, Sowmiya Narayanasamy
DEFENDERS: Sweety Devi, Ritu Rani, Ashalata Devi, Ranjana Chanu, Manisa Panna, Arifa Sayed, Michel Castanha, Juli Kishan, Santosh
MIDFIELDERS: Anju Tamang, Karthika Angamuthu, Priyangka Devi, Martina Thokchom, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Kaviya Pakkirisamy, Kashmina, Ratanbala Devi
FORWARDS: Dular Marandi, Apurna Narzary, Soumya Guguloth, Renu, Kiran Pisda
HEAD COACH: Suren Chettri
India's fixtures:
Sept 7: India vs Pakistan, Sept 10: Maldives vs India, Sept 13: India vs Bangladesh.
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