New Delhi: After nearly a year since they last played an international match, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team will travel to Argentina for their first tour of the Olympic year 2021.
The team is scheduled to leave on 3 January 2021 from New Delhi and will be competing in 8 matches against the host nation starting from 17 January 2021.
The total core group of 25 players and 7 support staff will be traveling for the Tour of Argentina.
This will be the first time the Indian Hockey team preparing for the Olympic Games has received government sanction to travel for an international assignment after the pandemic hit and halted all National & International competitions around the world abruptly.
The Indian Women’s Team last participated in an International tour in January 2020 when they travelled to New Zealand for a five-match series.
The Indian Women’s Team played both the New Zealand & Great Britain women in the 5-match series and were victorious in 3 of the 5 matches that they played.