Former Indian Women's Hockey star Deepika Thakur who has over 200 International Caps and was recently conferred with the Arjuna Award believes the Indian Women's Team have a strong chance to finish in the top 4 in the Olympic Games next year.

Indian Team custodian at the Rio Olympics in 2016 explained, “The women's team are determined to show that they too can win tournaments like the men's team. We have won the Asian Champions Trophy (2016), Asia Cup (2017), entered the Quarter Finals in the World Cup in London, won Silver at the Asian Games 2018. I think these are all great results and collective work by coaching staff and the federation. I feel Hockey India has ensured the women's team gets fantastic exposure at the international leve.”

Deepika feels the team should remain motivated and focused on their goal of doing well at the Tokyo Olympic Games. She said, “I certainly believe the team can bounce back. They were in good rhythm after winning back-to-back tournaments last year and they had done well in New Zealand earlier this year. They were high on confidence too. This team is hungry to achieve success at the highest level and hence I am sure once competitions resume, they will bounce back and do everything in their capacity to finish top 4 in Tokyo."