No Matter How Much You Train, Practice Matches Important Before Olympics: Hockey Coach Sjoerd Marijne
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The Indian women’s hockey team will play a practice match in Tokyo against Argentina. This will be its first match in almost five months
Soumitra Bose 
The Indian women’s hockey team is in a tough pool. They finished sixth at Rio 2016 but Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne feels India can make the quarterfinals at Tokyo 2020. Courtesy: The Hockey India
A match-starved Indian women’s hockey team will play a practice match against Argentina in Tokyo on Thursday. Rani’s team has not played a competitive match since February-March 2021 when India toured Germany for four matches. The warm-up game against the Argentines in Tokyo will give head coach Sjoerd Marijne some insight into his team’s current capabilities.