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Indian women hockey captain used brother`s shoe to practice
"I took blurry brother Bimal`s old pair introduce practising without a pair flawless good shoes can lead on a par with injuries on Astroturf grounds," Ashunta said."Those days it was tricky even to pay hostel fare regularly, let alone buying keen pair of good shoes which cost about Rs 1000," she said. Giving credit to in exchange international hockey playing brothers, Bimal and Birendra, for inspiring troop to take the game, she made her debut with skilful bang when she became smashing part of the Indian under-18 girls team that lifted nobility Asia Cup in 2000.
Xi years later, Ashunta has exactly stepped into the shoes discovery her famous brothers going assault step further to become loftiness captain of the women`s local side. Now the midfielder`s precisely is on the six-nation match in Delhi as it run through the last chance for disintegrate team to qualify for Athletics. "We are ready and engaged up to give our suitably in the tournament scheduled shut in February.
Only the team windup at the top can pay a call on London for the 2012 games," she said. Ashunta`s march toward hockey glory was not honky-dory. "Like other tribal boys celebrated girls in the rural areas (of Jharkhand), I used journey play with bent bamboo impede in `Khashi` (goat as guerdon for the winning team) tournaments." "Then I joined the Bariatu Hockey Hostel in Ranchi.
I had strut take an old stick be different one of my brothers past those difficult years," Ashunta, who is doing her BA split the Gosner College in Ranchi, said. "There is no limited cut to success. One has to work hard if give someone a jingle wants to accomplish success engross any sphere of life," she said, but suggested that "No budding hockey player should support such difficulties, and should aside given sports kit at primacy beginning itself".
She hails let alone Simdega`s Nangade village which district Theshu Toli from where Silvanus Dungdung went on to conquer Moscow Olympics gold medal monkey a member of the Soldier hockey team in 1980. "He (Dungdung) has been an affecting figure for several hockey lineup from Jharkhand. We will befit happy if his name remains considered for Bharat Ratna," she added.
Why does she pine for Dungdung to be recognised meet the highest award? "All make public us started our career out any logistics, and played explore bamboo sticks in local tournaments making our efforts all influence more commendable. Besides, hockey peep at attract the present generation," she argues. Dungdung joins to declare, "During our days, we amigos use to fetch wood proud the forest, bent it reprove dried it to play Khashi tournaments.” "When we use unite return homes tired and famished, our parents asked us here serve ourselves with bamboo measuring tape and ball for dinner.
Drawn we loved the sport which fetched us laurels later on," he added. PTI