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WATCH | Hockey in Jharkhand: Tribal Girls Leading India바카라s Women바카라s Team

Father Benedict Kujur, 53 joined the school at Kurangagudi in 2003 as a primary school teacher. He saw a natural inclination for hockey. He went to every child바카라s house, met their parents and told them to encourage their children to pick up the stick. He made a rule that children will not be allowed to enter school without their hockey sticks.

In the past four decades, Jharkhand has emerged as a hub for women바카라s hockey. At present, after Haryana, Jharkhand has the maximum number of players in the Indian team and all of them are tribal girls from impoverished backgrounds. Many women hockey players from Simdega district and learnt hockey on the Kurangagudi ground.

Father Benedict Kujur, 53 joined the school at Kurangagudi in 2003 as a primary school teacher. He saw a natural inclination for hockey. He went to every child바카라s house, met their parents and told them to encourage their children to pick up the stick. He made a rule that children will not be allowed to enter school without their hockey sticks.

Deepika Soreng , who plays as a forward, was the top goal-scorer in the 2024 Hockey World Cup바카라her debut tournament in the senior category바카라and helped the team reach the finals. In the 2023 junior Asia Cup, she played an important role in securing the gold medal for the team by scoring six goals in seven matches. She aspires to represent India in the Olympics. When she started playing, the family did not have money to buy a hockey stick. 바카라My elder brother made a hockey stick from bamboo. I started playing with that,바카라 remembers Soreng. Her mother Firisca Soreng worked as a labourer for nine years so that her daughter could become a famous hockey player.