Sangita Kumari was one of many high performers for the Indian junior girls’s hockey staff within the recently-concluded Chile tour, the place the staff remained unbeaten.
Having scored 4 targets in 5 matches, Sangita stated it was an important feeling to contribute to the staff’s success, particularly after a protracted hiatus because of an ACL damage and the Covid-19 pandemic conditions.
“I used to be taking part in after fairly a very long time as I had an damage in 2019, after which because of Covid, the whole lot got here to a grinding halt. It was an important feeling to be again and contribute to the facet’s profitable trigger. All credit to the teaching workers and teammates for all of the help and belief, which helped me ship,” stated Sangita.
The staff received 5 out of six matches whereas one led to a draw. Commenting concerning the staff’s efficiency, she stated, “We did rather well in Chile, regardless of not getting any competitions in 2020 as a result of pandemic. We had educated actually onerous on the camp for the tour, and it has paid off.”
The Jharkhand-born first got here within the limelight through the 2016 Women U18 Asia Cup, the place she scored eight targets and helped the staff clinch the Bronze medal. She was additionally part of the Hockey Jharkhand staff which received the ninth Hockey India Junior Girls Nationwide Championship 2019 (A Div).
“I believe profitable the nationals for Jharkhand in 2019 was an enormous spotlight for me and a really satisfying victory. We had been rapidly acknowledged for this feat by getting a call-up for the junior girls’s nationwide teaching camp. My journey since then has been fairly eventful and I’m working onerous on enhancing my sport,” she stated.
Having featured in six international-level competitions earlier than, the Jharkhand-born is now aiming for the Junior Girls’s Asia Cup, which is scheduled for April this 12 months in Kakamigahara, Japan.
“We’ll quickly start our coaching in SAI this week, and I positively suppose the Chile tour has boosted our confidence. Hopefully, we are able to proceed the identical run of kind on the camp and hopefully on the Junior Girls’s Asia Cup as effectively,” stated the 19-year-old.