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FIH Hockey5s Women: The Indian women’s team embarks on a journey towards a new dawn in the inaugural FIH Hockey5s Women’s World Cup 2024, the new shorter version of field hockey that the international federation hopes to attract newer talent to the sport.

The team commenced its journey from Kempe Gowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru to Muscat, Oman on Sunday morning to try its chase its fortunes in the top event in this new format.

The Indian women's Hockey5s team, which comfortably beat Thailand 7-2 in the Final of the 2023 Women's Asian Hockey5s World Cup Qualifier to confirm a spot for the prestigious tournament, has been included in Pool C alongside the United States of America, Poland and Namibia.