Women’s Hockey India League will return for its second edition with four teams in foray for the title with first match scheduled for Saturday between Ranchi Royals and SG Pipers.
The tournament will have four teams: Soorma Hockey Club, Ranchi Royals, Sharchi Bengal Tigers, and SG Pipers. Ranchi Royals have replaced the defending champions Odisha Warriors after they withdrew from this year’s tournament.
All the four teams will play each other twice in the league phase and the top two will make it to the final on January 10.
All the matches will take place at Ranchi’s Marang Gomke Jaipal Singh Astro Turf Hockey Stadium.
SG Pipers: Cristina Cosentino (Argentina), Bansari Solanki, Udita, Jyoti Singh, Lola Riera (Spain), Costa Biondi Valentina Isabel (Argentina), Manisha, Suman Devi Thoudam, Shilpi Dabas, Sunelita Toppo, Kaitlin Nobbs (Australia), Juana Castellaro (Argentina), Ishika, Khaidem Shileima Chanu, Navneet Kaur, Deepika, Sharmila Devi, Preeti Dubey, Maria Teresa Vianaache (Uruguay), Priscilla Jardel Mateos (Argentina).
Sharchi Bengal Tigers: Jennifer Rizzo (USA), Aditi Maheshwari, Agustina Gorzelany (Argentina), Valentina Raposo (Argentina), Gurjit Kaur, Puja Sahoo, Mahima Choudhary, Monika, Manisha Chauhan, Noor de Baat (Netherlands), Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Emma Findlay (New Zealand), Purnima Yadav, Sukhveer Kaur, Anjali Gautam, Victoria Manuele (Argentina), Sosha Benninga (Netherlands), Lalrinpuii, Lalremsiami, Vandana Katariya.
Soorma Hockey Club: Savita, Nidhi, Jyoti, Jyoti Chhatri, Penny Squibb (Australia), Shihori Oikawa (Japan), Salima Tete, Ajmina Kujur, Hina Bano, Nisha, Vaishnavi Vitthal Phalke, Baljeet Kaur, Binima Dhan, Sarah Robertson (Great Britain), Jimena Maria Cedres (Argentina), Vilar Del Valle Dupuy (Uruguay), Sonam, Mumtaz Khan, Olivia Shannon (New Zealand), Maria Jose Granatto (Argentina).
Ranchi Royals: Bichu Devi Kharibam, Madhuri Kindo, Ishika Chaudhary, Nikki Pradhan, Lalthantluangi, Maria Sofia Darnay Elias (Argentina), Lucina von der Heyde (Argentina), Sabine Plönissen (Netherlands), Neha Goyal, Nandni, Maria Paula Ortiz (Argentina), Agostina Alonso (Argentina), Albela Rani Toppo, Rutaja Dadaso Pisal, Deepika Soreng, Beauty Dung Dung, Sangita Kumari, Sakshi Rana, Agustina Albertario (Argentina), Hannah Cotter (New Zealand).
The tournament will be broadcasted on Sony Sports Ten 1, Sony Sports Ten 3 and DD Sports. The matches will also be streamed on Waves and the Hockey India League YouTube channel.
The tickets for Women’s HIL will be available on tickegenie for free.