New Delhi:<\/strong> When Indian women\u2019s team takes the field against Azerbaijan on Sunday for a four match Test-series as a build-up to their Olympic qualifiers, expectations will be high from the Ashunta Lakra-led team who had thrashed their opponents twice in the last year\u2019s Champions Challenge tournament.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Ranking-wise too India (13) are two rungs above Azerbaijan. However India coach CR Kumar didn\u2019t want to give too much consideration to the ranking.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cRanking doesn\u2019t matter, what matter is how we play the game, Azerbaijan is good side, we can\u2019t take them lightly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe have tried to improve our game, and up to certain extent we have succeeded. Last win against Azerbaijan will only help the team to gain confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The team has no injury problems. There are no injuries to any players till now so this is one big advantage for team India,\u201d Kumar said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Indian team is currently in great form, including the youngsters who have displayed fine performance in the warm up matches.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Captain Ashunta praised the team\u2019s performance in the warm matches. \u201cThe coordination part has improved. If you see the past records of the team, we have played some good hockey against Australia and Argentina,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The opponent Azerbaijan team is also wary about India\u2019s form. \u201cIndia is a strong competitor; they have defeated us in the champion challenge,\u201d Rashad Alizada, manager of Azerbaijan hockey team, said.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIn the last tournament, despite giving a tough fight, India took the game away but our players will still try to put up a great performance in all the matches.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the men\u2019s team will play a five test series against South Africa starting on Monday.<\/p>\n New Delhi: When Indian women\u2019s team takes the field against Azerbaijan on Sunday for a four match Test-series as a build-up to their Olympic qualifiers, expectations will be high from the Ashunta Lakra-led team who had thrashed their opponents twice in the last year\u2019s Champions Challenge tournament. \u00a0 Ranking-wise too India (13) are two rungs […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-latest"],"yoast_head":"\n
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