New Delhi: Hockey India on Wednesday congratulated forward Rani for winning the TiE Aspire Young Achiever\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n
Rani who was the Vice-Captain of the Junior National Women team in the recent 7th FIH Junior Women\u2019s World Cup had played a crucial role in assisting the team in winning the bronze medal in Germany and was also declared the Best Player of the Tournament. The individual award in the Junior World Cup, was the fourth time Rani had won any such award in an International Tournament and is the only Indian female to be nominated as FIH \u201cBest Young Player of the Tournament\u201d at the Women\u2019s Hockey World Cup 2010. Rani was nominated to the Asian All Stars Team and FIH All Stars Team, both in 2010. She was also declared the Top Goal Scorer of the FIH World League Round 2 2013 in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General Hockey India congratulated Rani for this award. \u201cHer dedication and tireless effort to play hockey and achieve glorious success at this young age is a motivation for the future young and budding hockey players of our nation\u201d added Dr. Batra.\n<\/p>\n
Rani Rampal said \u201cI am very happy for winning this award and this is the best phase of my life. I would like to thank my parents, coaches and Hockey India for their contribution in my game. Playing for my country is a complete honor and I will continue to work hard to win more games for my team in the coming years\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 19 year old Rani who made her international debut in 2008 has participated in major tournaments including the FIH Women\u2019s World Cup 2010 in Argentina, Commonwealth Games in Delhi 2010, Asian Games in China 2010, Junior Women\u2019s World Cup USA in 2009, two times in Champions Challenge Russia in 2009 and Ireland 2011, two times in the Women\u2019s Asian Champions Trophy Korea in 2010 and China in 2011, Women\u2019s Asia Cup Thailand in 2009, FIH World League Round 2, 2013 in Delhi and FIH World League Round 3, 2013 in Rotterdam.<\/p>\n
Rani has also achieved another milestone by playing her 100th international match against the hosts Malaysia in the recently concluded 8th Women\u2019s Asia Cup at Kuala lumpur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: Hockey India on Wednesday congratulated forward Rani for winning the TiE Aspire Young Achiever\u2019s Award.<\/p>\n
Rani who was the Vice-Captain of the Junior National Women team in the recent 7th FIH Junior Women\u2019s World Cup had played a crucial role in assisting the team in winning the bronze medal in Germany and was also declared the Best Player of the Tournament. The individual award in the Junior World Cup, was the fourth time Rani had won any such award in an International Tournament and is the only Indian female to be nominated as FIH \u201cBest Young Player of the Tournament\u201d at the Women\u2019s Hockey World Cup 2010. Rani was nominated to the Asian All Stars Team and FIH All Stars Team, both in 2010. She was also declared the Top Goal Scorer of the FIH World League Round 2 2013 in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
Dr. Narinder Batra, Secretary General Hockey India congratulated Rani for this award. \u201cHer dedication and tireless effort to play hockey and achieve glorious success at this young age is a motivation for the future young and budding hockey players of our nation\u201d added Dr. Batra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n