Two Odisha Hockey Players In Indian Junior Women’s Team For 4-Nation Tourney

Bhubaneswar: Two hockey players from Odisha – Mariana Kujur and Ajmina Kujur – are part of the 18-member Indian Junior Women’s Team for the upcoming Cantor Fitzgerald U-21 International 4-Nations Tournament in Dublin, followed by matches against the host nation in Belarus.

Taking to the microblogging site, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik tweeted best wishes to these two players and Team India.

Hockey India named the squad on Tuesday.

The team will first travel to Dublin, Ireland, where they will play a match each against the Irish National team and Canada Junior Women’s team on May 28 and May 29, respectively. This will be followed by the Cantor Fitzgerald U21 International 4-Nations Tournament featuring India, Ireland, Canada and Scotland which is scheduled to be held from May 31 – June 4.

The team will then play yet another match against the Irish National Team on June 6 following which, the Indian Junior Women’s team will travel to Belarus to play five matches with the host nation’s Senior, Junior and Development teams starting June 9.