Bhubaneswar: Defender Dipsan Tirkey and forward Mariana Kujur are among 4 players from Odisha to have made the cut for Indian teams that will take part in the Asian Hockey 5S World Cup Qualifiers later this month.
Dipsan, a member of India’s 2016 Junior World Cup-winning team, is the only one from the state in the men’s team for the Qualifiers to be held in Oman August 29 to September 2.
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The Indian women’s team, on the other hand, will have 3 representatives from Odisha.
The 24-year-old Mariana apart, young Ajmina Kujur (21) and Dipi Monika Toppo (19) will also be on the Oman-bound flight.
The women’s qualifiers will be played earlier, from August
