An injury-plagued Indian women’s hockey team will look to put behind past struggles and hope for a winning start against lower-ranked Thailand in its opening match of the Asia Cup beginning here on Friday.

India, ranked ninth in the world, will start favourites against World No.30 Thailand in the Pool B match. India are the highest ranked team in the pool along side Japan (12), Thailand and Singapore (31) and are expected to top the group Pool A consists of China, South Korea, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei.

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