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{{Short description|Indian field hockey player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox field hockey player
| name = Sakshi Rana
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2007|08|31|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sonipat]], [[Haryana]], India
| height =
| weight =
| position = Forward/Midfielder
| years1 =
| clubs1 = Hockey Haryana
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2025–
| clubs2 = [[Odisha Warriors]]
| caps2 =
| goals2 =
| nationalyears1 = 2023–2024
| nationalteam1 = [[India women's national under-21 field hockey team|India U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 16
| nationalgoals1 = 4
| nationalyears2 = 2025–
| nationalteam2 = [[India women's national field hockey team|India]]
| nationalcaps2 = 12
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's [[field hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{IND}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Junior Asia Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2024 Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|2024 Oman]]|}}
}}
'''Sakshi Rana''' (born 31 August 2007)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sakshi Rana - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindia.org/players/sakshi-rana-profile-9725 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=hockeyindia.org}}</ref> is an Indian hockey player from [[Haryana]]. She plays for the [[India women's national field hockey team]] as a forward or a midfielder. She is registered with Hockey Haryana and plays for the state unit in the domestic tournaments. She played for [[Odisha Warriors|Vedanta Odisha Warriors]] in the inaugural [[Hockey India League|Women's Hockey India League 2025]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sakshi Rana - Hockey India League - Hockey India |url=https://hockeyindialeague.com/players/sakshi-rana-profile-9725 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=hockeyindialeague.com}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Rana is from [[Sonipat]], Haryana. She was trained by former India captain and coach [[Pritam Rani Siwach]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-02-23 |title=Hockey: In Kukuda's Sunelita Toppo and Sonepat's Sakshi Rana, two teenage hopes for India's future |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/hockey/hockey-sunelita-toppo-sakshi-rana-india-future-fih-9850613/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2025 |title=Target was to score on my first game: Sakshi Rana on her dream senior team debut |url=https://www.hockeyindia.org/news/target-was-to-score-on-my-first-game-sakshi-rana-on-her-dream-senior-team-debut#:~:text=Sakshi%20was%20an%20integral%20part,in%20Chile%20later%20this%20year. |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.hockeyindia.org}}</ref>

== Career ==
In December 2023, Rana represented India in the [[Women's FIH Junior World Cup]] 2023 held at [[Santiago]], Chile, where India finished ninth.<ref name=":0" /> Earlier in August 2023, she took part in the under-21, 4–Nation's Junior Women's Invitational Tournament at [[Düsseldorf]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Rana Sakshi {{!}} India hockey player |url=https://www.fih.hockey/events/junior-world-cup/women/2023-fih-junior-world-cup-w-1508/player/rana-sakshi-30682 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=International Hockey Federation |language=en}}</ref>

Rana represented India in the [[women's FIH Junior World Cup]] 2023 held at [[Santiago]], Chile, where India finished ninth.<ref name=":1" /> In February 2025, she made her senior India debut at [[Kalinga Stadium]], Bhubaneswar, against [[Spain women's national field hockey team|Spain]] in the [[FIH Pro League]] and also scored her first goal for India.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Pandey |first=Tejasvi |date=2025-03-07 |title=Sakshi Rana dream debut in FIH Hockey Pro League 2024/25 THE NEW INDIAN |url=https://www.newindian.in/sakshi-rana-dream-debut-in-fih-hockey-pro-league-2024-25/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=THE NEW INDIAN |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

In May 2024, she was chosen as the vice–captain of the 22-member Indian Junior Women's team that was announced for the tour of Europe from 21 to 20 May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jyoti set to lead as HI announces 22-member Indian Junior Women's Hockey team for Europe tour |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/jyoti-set-to-lead-as-hi-announces-22-member-indian-junior-womens-hockey-team-for-europe-tour20240506150733/ |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=ANI News |language=en |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506094618/https://www.aninews.in/news/sports/hockey/jyoti-set-to-lead-as-hi-announces-22-member-indian-junior-womens-hockey-team-for-europe-tour20240506150733/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-06 |title=Jyoti Singh to lead Indian junior women's hockey team for Europe tour |url=https://thebridge.in/hockey/jyoti-singh-to-lead-indian-junior-team-at-europe-tour-47188 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=thebridge.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2024-05-06 |title=Jyoti to lead Indian junior women's hockey team for Europe tour |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/hockey/jyoti-lead-indian-junior-womens-hockey-22-member-squad-europe-tour-sakshi-rana-deputy-news/article68144822.ece |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=Sportstar |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, she was also part of the Indian Junior Women's team that won gold at the [[Women's Hockey Junior Asia Cup|Women's Junior Asia Cup]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 March 2025 |title=Target was to score on my first game: Sakshi Rana on her dream senior team debut |url=http://www.uniindia.com/target-was-to-score-on-my-first-game-sakshi-rana-on-her-dream-senior-team-debut/sports/news/3407593.html |access-date=8 March 2025 |website=United News of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=మన ఆటలో వేగం పెరగాలి {{!}} Indian women's hockey rising star Sakshi Rana comments {{!}} Sakshi |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/sports/indian-womens-hockey-rising-star-sakshi-rana-comments-2388690 |access-date=2025-03-08 |website=www.sakshi.com |language=te}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:2007 births]]
[[Category:Indian women's field hockey players]]
[[Category:Field hockey players from Haryana]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sonipat]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey midfielders]]
[[Category:Women's field hockey forwards]]
[[Category:Hockey India League players]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportswomen]]

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