By Sahil KohliNew Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Ahead of her staff’s Women’s Asian Champions Trophy marketing campaign opener towards Thailand, Indian hockey participant Deep Grace Ekka stated that the presence of the house crowd will function a motivation and the staff is attempting to rectify the errors it made throughout its Asian Games marketing campaign in Hangzhou.
India will kickstart its Asian Champions Trophy marketing campaign towards Thailand on Friday in Ranchi. India received the title as soon as in 2016 and the defending champions are Japan. Thailand’s finest end is the fourth-place end in 2021. Three-time champions South Korea, China and Malaysia are additionally participating within the match.
Ahead of the match, Deep talked to ANI concerning the match, Olympic qualifiers to be performed in India and the Asian Games marketing campaign.
On enjoying the match in India, she stated, “We have played very less of our international tournaments in India. We are excited to play in our country. It is a big deal that the tournament is happening in our country. After the Asian Games, we are getting one more chance to show up a great performance, and learn from our mistakes.””It would be advantageous for us (the home support). It motivates us too. The stadiums are full and crowds cheering us keeps us motivated,” she added.
On preparations concerning the occasion, she stated that they’ve been nice thus far.
“Preparations have been fine so far. Players were at camp in Bengaluru and came to Ranchi on 22nd October. We are trying to learn from our mistakes and implement a better game,” she stated.
On enjoying high sides like South Korea and Japan and chalking out methods for them, Deep stated that no one may be dominated out from doing effectively.
“We have played a lot with other teams. We cannot rule out other teams from performing. Whoever plays well for those 60 mins is a winner. For us, our performances matter the most,” she stated.
On the Olympic qualifiers, which will likely be held for ladies’s hockey in India from January 13 to 19 in Ranchi, Deep stated that the staff is wanting ahead to carry out effectively in all its upcoming matches and taking a look at areas to enhance.
On lacking out on direct qualification to the 2024 Paris Olympics by way of a gold medal on the Asian Games Hangzhou and settling for bronze, the participant stated that the staff is studying from its errors.
“We practised hard in Bengaluru, we wanted to qualify for the Olympics directly. But it is sports after all. It (losses) happens. We will try to learn from our mistakes and rectify them. First, the focus is on Champions Trophy, then Olympic qualifiers,” she concluded. (ANI)