Turkish Women’s Cup 2024: India announce 23-strong squad

The Indian women’s national team squad for the 2024 Turkish Women’s Cup has been announced. The squad consists of 23 players, having completed a two-week training camp ending on 19 February, after which they will travel for the tournament. This is the first time that the women’s national team will be in action since the Olympic Qualifiers. 

The Blue Tigresses have participated in the tournament twice before in 2019 and 2021. This time around, they will face Hong Kong, Estonia and Kosovo in their matches at the tournament, which will be happening in a round robin format. The team at the top of the table will be crowned the winner of the tournament. 

India women’s team squad announced for Turkish Women’s Cup 2024 

Here is the full list of the players declared by head coach Langam Chaoba Devi. 

Goalkeepers: Shreya Hooda, Elangbam Panthoi Chanu, Monalisha Devi Moirangthem.

Defenders: Ashalata Devi Loitongbam, Ranjana Chanu Sorokhaibam, Dalima Chhibber, Juli Kishan, Astam Oraon, Shilky Devi Hemam.

Midfielders: Anju Tamang, Sangita Basfore, Karthika Angamuthu, Manisha, Kajol Dsouza, Indumathi Kathiresan.

Forwards: Grace Dangmei, Soumya Guguloth, Karishma Purushottam Shirvoikar, Sandhiya Ranganathan, Sanju, Pyari Xaxa, Kaviya Pakkirisamy, Jyoti.  

Here is what AIFF acting general secretary M Satyanarayan had to say about the announcement of the squad: “Our Senior Women’s National Team are going to play for the first time after the Olympic Qualifiers, which makes the Turkish Women’s Cup an important tournament for us.

“The players have had a week-long preparation before flying off to Turkey, and I, on behalf of the AIFF, would like to thank Army units MEG and ASC for their cooperation during the camp, and Bengaluru FC for helping us out in getting the facilities. While MEG provided their ground for the team’s training, ASC helped arrange a practice match,” he said.