Sakshi Rana
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| Born |
31 August 2007 Sonipat, Haryana, India | ||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward/Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||
| – | Hockey Haryana | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Odisha Warriors | ||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Caps | Goals | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | India U21 | 16 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | India | 12 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sakshi Rana (born 31 August 2007)[1] is an Indian hockey player from Haryana. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a forward or a midfielder. She is registered with Hockey Haryana and plays for the state unit in the domestic tournaments. She played for Vedanta Odisha Warriors in the inaugural Women's Hockey India League 2025.[2]
Early life and career
Rana is from Sonipat, Haryana. She was trained by former India captain and coach Pritam Rani Siwach.[3][4]
Career
In December 2023, Rana represented India in the Women's FIH Junior World Cup 2023 held at Santiago, Chile, where India finished ninth.[1] Earlier in August 2023, she took part in the under-21, 4–Nation's Junior Women's Invitational Tournament at Düsseldorf.[5]
Rana represented India in the women's FIH Junior World Cup 2023 held at Santiago, Chile, where India finished ninth.[5] In February 2025, she made her senior India debut at Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, against Spain in the FIH Pro League and also scored her first goal for India.[6][3]
In May 2024, she was chosen as the vice–captain of the 22-member Indian Junior Women's team that was announced for the tour of Europe from 21 to 20 May 2024.[7][8][9] In 2024, she was also part of the Indian Junior Women's team that won gold at the Women’s Junior Asia Cup.[6][10][11]
References
- ^ a b "Sakshi Rana - Hockey India". hockeyindia.org. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Sakshi Rana - Hockey India League - Hockey India". hockeyindialeague.com. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Hockey: In Kukuda's Sunelita Toppo and Sonepat's Sakshi Rana, two teenage hopes for India's future". The Indian Express. 23 February 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Target was to score on my first game: Sakshi Rana on her dream senior team debut". www.hockeyindia.org. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Rana Sakshi | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ a b Pandey, Tejasvi (7 March 2025). "Sakshi Rana dream debut in FIH Hockey Pro League 2024/25 THE NEW INDIAN". THE NEW INDIAN. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Jyoti set to lead as HI announces 22-member Indian Junior Women's Hockey team for Europe tour". ANI News. Archived from the original on 6 May 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Jyoti Singh to lead Indian junior women's hockey team for Europe tour". thebridge.in. 6 May 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ PTI (6 May 2024). "Jyoti to lead Indian junior women's hockey team for Europe tour". Sportstar. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "Target was to score on my first game: Sakshi Rana on her dream senior team debut". United News of India. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
- ^ "మన ఆటలో వేగం పెరగాలి | Indian women's hockey rising star Sakshi Rana comments | Sakshi". www.sakshi.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 8 March 2025.