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{{Main|India women's national field hockey team}} | {{Main|India women's national field hockey team}} | ||
The ''Indian Women's Hockey Team'' (nicknamed the '''Nabhvarna''') is the national women's team representing hockey in India. It is the national women's team that represents [[India]] in international [[field hockey]] competitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hockey India|url=http://hockeyindia.org/|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106151830/http://hockeyindia.org/|archive-date=6 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The team is currently coached by [[Canada]]'s [[Mathias Ahrens(field hockey)|Mathias Ahrens]] and led by [[Field hockey#Positions|halfback]] [[Ritu Rani]] from [[Haryana]] and is currently ranked 13th in the [[FIH World Rankings]]. Captain [[Suraj Lata Devi]] led the team to the [[Gold medal|Gold]] for three consecutive years: during the [[India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]] (the event which inspired the 2007 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] film, ''[[Chak De India]]''), the 2003 [[Afro-Asian Games]], and the 2004 [[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Hockey Asia Cup]]. They were referred to as the "Jassi (Jasjeet) jaisi koi nahi" or "Golden girls of hockey," after winning the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pandey|first=Vineeta|title=Indian sportswomen: Still the second sex|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/497363.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)|access-date=22 September 2011|date=15 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020044654/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/497363.cms|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> | The ''Indian Women's Hockey Team'' (nicknamed the '''Nabhvarna''') is the national women's team representing hockey in India. It is the national women's team that represents [[India]] in international [[field hockey]] competitions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hockey India|url=http://hockeyindia.org/|access-date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106151830/http://hockeyindia.org/|archive-date=6 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The team is currently coached by [[Canada]]'s [[Mathias Ahrens(field hockey)|Mathias Ahrens]] and led by [[Field hockey#Positions|halfback]] [[Ritu Rani]] from [[Haryana]] and is currently ranked 13th in the [[FIH World Rankings]]. Captain [[Suraj Lata Devi]] led the team to the [[Gold medal|Gold]] for three consecutive years: during the [[India at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Commonwealth Games]] (the event which inspired the 2007 [[Shah Rukh Khan]] film, ''[[Chak De India]]''), the 2003 [[Afro-Asian Games]], and the 2004 [[Women's Hockey Asia Cup|Hockey Asia Cup]]. They were referred to as the "Jassi (Jasjeet) jaisi koi nahi" or "Golden girls of hockey," after winning the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pandey|first=Vineeta|title=Indian sportswomen: Still the second sex|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/497363.cms|work=[[The Times of India]] (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)|access-date=22 September 2011|date=15 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020044654/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/497363.cms|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||