Indian women’s team is confident of booking a third successive Olympic berth and its knowledge of the conditions here will put it in good stead ahead of the eight-team hockey Olympic Qualifiers, said attacking midfielder Navneet Kaur on Monday. “Arriving in Ranchi early has helped us gain quite a few sessions on the main pitch and it has also helped us acclimatise to this weather,” Navneet said in a Hockey India release. “Since we have also played in this venue before, during the Women’s Asian Champions Trophy, we know the pitch well.”

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