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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player (born 2001)}}
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{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Akshata Dhekale
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| birth_name = Akshata Dhekale
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|11|2|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Satara (city)|Satara]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| position = Defender
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| clubs1 = Hockey Maharashtra
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| clubs2 = Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
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| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = [[Soorma Hockey Club]]
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| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
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| nationalyears2 = 2022–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 6
| nationalgoals2 = 0
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{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup|Hockey5s World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2024 Women's FIH Hockey5s World Cup|2024 Oman]]|}}
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'''Akshata Dhekale''' (born 2 November 2001) is an Indian [[field hockey]] player and member of [[India women's national field hockey team|Indian women's hockey team]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Akshata Dhekale Profile |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/akshata-dhekale-profile-3299 |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=Hockey India |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019195831/https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/akshata-dhekale-profile-3299 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She plays for [[Indian Oil Corporation|Indian Oil Corporation Limited]] in the domestic hockey tournaments. She is a defender. She made her debut for Senior India in March 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=9 March 2022 |title=Akshata, Deepika Jr two new faces in Indian women's hockey team for Germany tie |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/hockey/top-stories/akshata-deepika-jr-two-new-faces-in-indian-womens-hockey-team-for-germany-tie/articleshow/90105377.cms |access-date=8 September 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Early life==
Akshata Abaso hails from [[Satara (city)|Satara]], [[Maharashtra]]. She used to train at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in [[Pune]].in 2019.

==Hockey career==
Akshata Abaso played for Maharashtra and captained the state team in 2019 at the [[Hockey India]] Junior Women's Nationals tournament in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=M |first=Hari Kishore |date=15 March 2022 |title=Akshata Abaso Dhekale: "I gained a lot of experience in the two games" |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/hockey/news-akshata-abaso-dhekale-i-gained-lot-experience-two-games |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref> After a good tournament,<ref name=":0" /> she was called for the Junior India camp.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=15 March 2022 |title=Hockey: After her senior debut, Akshata Dhekale looks to consolidate transition from the junior team |url=https://scroll.in/field/1019562/hockey-after-her-senior-debut-akshata-dhekale-looks-to-consolidate-transition-from-the-junior-team |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US}}</ref> Akshata Abaso was part of the Indian team that took part in the [[International Hockey Federation|FIH]] Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, [[Potchefstroom]], [[South Africa]] where India finished fourth. Later in June 2022, she played both the matches against [[Germany]] at the FIH Hockey Pro League getting her first India cap at the senior level.<ref name=":02"/> A month later in July, she was part of the Indian team that took part in the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup [[Spain]] & [[Netherlands]] 2022. In August, she also played the Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup [[Salalah]] 2023 at [[Oman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dhekale Akshata Abaso {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/fih-pro-league/teams/women/player/dhekale-akshata-abaso-25120 |access-date=8 September 2023 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908181744/https://www.fih.hockey/events/fih-pro-league/teams/women/player/dhekale-akshata-abaso-25120 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Sports links}}
*[https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/akshata-dhekale-profile-3299 Akshata Dhekale] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019195831/https://www.hockeyindia.org/players/akshata-dhekale-profile-3299 |date=19 October 2023 }} at [[Hockey India]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhekale, Akshata}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:People from Satara (city)]]
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey defenders]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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