Patna: Hockey Bihar’s girls’ team left for the 13th Hockey India Sub Junior Girls Hockey Championship that began in Rourkela (Odisha) on Thursday. Shanti Kumari will lead the Bihar team.
Team: Nishu Kumari, Anu Kumari, Laxmi Kumari, Sharda Kumari, Shanti Kumari (Captain) Neha Kumari, Rishu Kumari, Khushi Kumari, Akanksha Yadav, Sidhi Kumari, Sonam Kumari, Kumkum Kumari, Nazia Khatoon (Vice Captain), Aditi Singh, Samiksha Kumari, Gunja Kumari, Anjali Kumari, Nishu Kumari. Tamanna Raj (coach) and Mohd Firoz Alam (manager).
Raveendran Sankaran, Director General, Bihar State Sports Authority presented hockey sticks to the players. On the occasion, General Secretary of Hockey Bihar Mohammad Mushtaq Ahmed, Joint Secretary Manoj Kumar and Mini Kumari and other dignitaries were present. Bihar have been placed in Group G along with Chandigarh, Gujarat and Dadra Nagar Haveli.