Savita Punia, Indian Women's Hockey team Vice Captain expressed that having a well-settled unit will help m excel against USA in Tokyo Olympics qualifier. qualifiers are to be held in Bhubaneswar on vember 1 and vember 2. "Most of players selected for our upcoming tour of England have played toger as a unit for a long time w. We have a well-settled unit as we understand each or's game pretty well which will furr help us against USA at Olympic qualifiers," she said.  Indian women's hockey team drew a tricky USA in final round of Olympic qualifiers.

'Aim to qualify for Tokyo': Savita 

Vice-captain of Indian Women's Hockey team revealed that it was ir aim to qualify for Tokyo Olympics. "It has been our aim to qualify for Tokyo after having qualified for Rio after a gap of 36 years. We are all very determined about succeeding in qualifiers and upcoming matches against Great Britain will be good preparation for that," she said.

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Preparing for  five-match series

As a part of preparation for Qualifiers, team will play a five-match series against England from September 27 to October 4. India's ace goalkeeper believes that in  US, y will face a tough team. "Great Britain and US have quite similar playing styles, and all of us are really pleased that we will be playing against Great Britain before two huge matches in vember," she said. She furr ded, " girls have been sweating it out in training for past two weeks, and I am really confident that we will be able to execute our plans well."

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