With the Indian Women's Hockey Team making rapid strides at the world level with significant performances in major tournaments over the past three to four years, former India goalkeeper Helen Mary believes the Rani-led squad are poised to create history in Tokyo.

She said, "The way they played in Argentina recently, even though they couldn't register a win against the world no.2 squad, the style they played and the confidence they showed while playing against the home team on their home ground, was something I have never seen in them before," expressed Helen Mary, the former India goalkeeper during a conversation with Hockey Te Charcha, a podcast series launched by Hockey India in the lead up to the Olympic Games. 

Helen, who had closely worked with the Indian Women's Team ahead of the Rio Olympics as their goalkeeping coach, said the Rani-led squad should just focus on fine tuning their game and continue to remain confident in the weeks leading up to the Games in July. "The way they played in Argentina and Germany recently, I feel they are 90 per cent ready, some fine tuning of their game in the upcoming weeks and I surely believe they can create history in Tokyo. The tri-colors will fly high in Tokyo."