Summary
She reached 321 games for India during the Asian Games in Japan.
The hockey leaders gave her a prize of ten lakh Indian rupees, which is a lot of money! 💰
She hopes other kids will try hard and play hockey too.
Key Points
5 points1
Most games played by an Indian woman in hockey (321 caps)
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Goalkeeper known as “The Wall of India”
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Won a cash prize of ten lakh Indian rupees
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Played in three Olympic Games and two Asian Games
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Inspires younger players
New Words to Learn
6 wordsgoalkeeper
the player who tries to stop the ball from going into the net
cap
a game played for the national team
lakh
one hundred thousand
Asian Games
a big sports competition for many Asian countries
Olympic Games
the biggest sports event in the world held every four years
discipline
working hard and following rules
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