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A total of five players from Odisha represented the two Indian teams in this major international hockey tournament. They were: Jyoti Chhatri, Sunelita Toppo (women team) and Amit Rohidas, Nilam Sanjeep Xess and Shilanand Lakra (men team).
Harmanpreet Singh and Salima Tete led the Indian men and women teams with Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur as vice-captains respectively. Indian men and women teams had a disappointing campaign in the previous edition of the FIH Pro League, finishing seventh and eighth respectively.
INDIA RESULTS:
WOMEN:
15 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Vaishnavi Vitthal Phallke 6-PC, Deepika 25-PC, Navneet Kaur 59-FG) beat England (Darcy Bourne 12-FG, Fiona Crackles 58-FG) 3-2. PoM: Sunelita Toppo (India).
16 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Navneet Kaur 53-PS, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal 57-FT) drew with England (Paige Gillott 40-PC, Tessa Howard 56-PC) 2-2. Shoot out: England (Lily Walker, Sophie Hamilton) beat India (Navneet Kaur) 2-1. PoM: Paige Gillott.
18 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Baljeet Kaur 19-FG, Sakshi Rana 38-FG, Rutaja Dadaso Pisal 45-FG) lost to Spain (Sofia Rogoski 21-FG, Estel Petchame 25-PC, 49-PC, Lucia Jimenez 52-FG) 3-4. PoM: Lucia Jimenez.
19 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India lost to Spain (Marta Segu 49-FG) 0-1. PoM: Florencia Amundson (Spain).
21 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India lost to Germany (Amelie Wortmann 3-FG, Sophia Schwabe 18-FG, 39-FG, Felicia Weidermann 55-FG) 0-4. PoM: Sophia Schwabe.
22 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Deepika 12-PC) beat Germany 1-0. PoM: Deepika.
24 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Udita 18-PC, 42-PC) lost to Netherlands (Emma Reijnen 7-FG, Albers Felice 34-PC, 47-FG, Van der Elst Fay 40-FG) 2-4. PoM: Albers Felice. NB: This was the 300th international match for India goalkeeper Savita Punia.
25 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Deepika 35-FG, Baljeet Kaur 43-FG) beat Netherlands (Pien Sanders 17-FG, Fay Van der Elst 28-FG) 2-1 in shootout (Full time 0-0). PoM: Savita Punia (India).
MEN:
15 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): Spain (Borja Lacalle 28-FG, Ignacio Cobos 38-FG, Bruno Avila 56-PC) beat India (Sukhjeet Singh 25-FG) 3-1. PoM: Gerard Clapes (Spain).
16 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Mandeep Singh 32-FG, Dilpreet Singh 39-FG) beat Spain 2-0. PoM: Dilpreet Singh.
18 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Gurjant Singh 13-FG) lost to Germany (Florian Sperling 7-FG, Thies Prinz 14-FG, Michel Struthoff 48-FG, Rapcael Hartkopf 55-FG) 1-4. PoM: Moritz Ludwig (Germany).
19 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Gurjant Singh 4-FG) beat Germany 1-0. PoM: Amit Rohidas (India).
21 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Mandeep Singh 22-FG, Jarmanpreet Singh 45-FG, Sukhjeet Singh 58-FG) beat Ireland (Jeremy Duncan 8-FG) 3-1. PoM: Sukhjeet Singh.
22 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Nilam Sanjeep Xess 14-FG, Mandeep Singh 24-FG, Abhishek 28-FG, Shamsher Singh 34-FG) beat Ireland 4-0. PoM: Mandeep Singh.
24 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Abhishek 18-FG, Sukhjeet Singh 39-FG) lost to England (Jacob Payton 15-FG, Sam Ward 19-FG, 29-FG) 2-3. PoM: James Mazarelo (England).
25 Feb 2025 (Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar): India (Harmanpreet Singh 26-PC, 32-PC) beat England (Conor Williamson 30-PS) 2-1. PoM: Hardik Singh (England).
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TOP: Promising Odisha and India women team forward Sunelita Toppo receives the player of the match award from Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo after their FIH Pro League match against England in Bhubaneswar on 16 Feb 2025.
RIGHT: Odisha and India defender Amit Rohidas receives the Player of the Match award from IDCO Managing Director Bhupendra Singh Poonia after their FIH Pro League match against Germany in Bhubaneswar on 19 Feb 2025.
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