India will start their marketing campaign on the Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier towards Malaysia in Salalah, Oman on Friday. India has been positioned within the Elite Pool together with Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand. While the second, Challengers Pool, consists of Hong Kong China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Iran, and Oman. India might be led by Navjot Kaur, whereas Jyoti might be her deputy.

The Indian workforce will compete towards its Elite counterparts in a bid to complete within the prime two spots within the pool and qualify for the semifinals.

After Malaysia, India will tackle Japan on Saturday adopted by Thailand on Sunday.

“We cannot wait to get on with the tournament. A lot of effort has gone into the preparation for the Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier.

“The goal is to play nicely all through the match and hopefully reap the advantages of our arduous work with successful the Tournament,” India coach Soundarya Yendala said ahead of the team’s departure.

Captain Navjot said, “We need to face some sturdy groups in our pool however with the quantity of labor that we’ve got put in to be prepared for this match I’m assured that we’ll put our greatest foot ahead and return residence, medals in hand.”

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