The Indian Womenas team skipper emphasizes on penalty corners ahead of their Semi Final clash against BelarusA

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West Vancouver, 6th April 2017:AThe Indian Senior Womenas team will take on Belarus in the Semi Final of the Womenas Hockey World League Round 2Ahere on Saturday. While Belarus beat Canada 4-3 in the qualifier on Thursday to earn their Semi Final berth,Athe IndianAteam led by forward Rani beat Uruguay (4-2 in the penalty shootout) and Belarus (1-0) to top their Pool and make theASemi Final cut.Aa?We are very excited that we made the Semi Finals. We had clear goals before coming here that we mustAmake it to the Final and win it if we want to qualify for the Womenas Hockey World League Semi Final.AI think it is a realisticAgoal and we are prepared for a good match on Saturday,a? expressed Rani.

Though the Indian eves won both their matches in Pool A, Rani feels their first game against Uruguay could have beenAmuch better and that they should have won the match in regulation time. a?We should have played that match in a muchAbetter way. When we had our post-match team meeting, we agreed that we didnat play to our potential and marked outAthe mistakes we made. We could have avoided a penalty shootout situation. But I feel we improved in the second gameAand didnat make the same mistakes we did in our first outing,a? she said.

Moving forward in the tournament with an eye on the Final, the striker who is among the most experienced players in theAsquad emphasized that the team needs to score in penalty corners. Though they have been tactically impressive in termsAof winning PCs, they havenat been successful in converting them. For instance, in the game against Belarus the IndianAwomen won as many as five PCs but their lone goal came through a field goal. a?It is an area of concern for us. We have toAconvert PCs in the Semi Final game and we are putting in extra minutes specifically for PCs in our practice sessions here,a?Ashe said.

It is an added advantage that the Indian team will go into Semi Final match riding on the confidence from the earlier gameAagainst Belarus, but the team is not complacent, says Rani who feels they need to be inch-perfect in their man-to-manAmarking to get the better of Belarus. a?We are quite upbeat and confident of a good performance against Belarus. They areAa strong unit and to beat them we need to be at our best in man-to-man marking and also work on our scoring especiallyAPC conversions,a? she concluded.

India will face Belarus in the Semi Final match on April 9, 2017.

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