Sonali Salvi of Kolhapur has been appointed captain of the Maharashtra women’s team that will participate in the 36th National Games – 2022 to be held at Gujarat from October 1 to 11, 2022.
Sapna Jaiswar of Mumbai has been named as the vice-captain of the 20-member team.
The Maharashtra team seen with WIFA Hon. Gen. Secretary Souter Vaz before their departure to Ahmedabad.
George Lawrence of Mumbai is the coach of the team and the assistant coach is Rutuja Gunwant of Pune. Prithvi Gaikwad of Kolhapur will accompany the team as manager.
The team departed by flight from Mumbai on Friday.
The team: Arya More, Priyanka More, Samrudhi Katkole, Sanika Patil, Sonali Salvi (captain), Vaishnavi Dombale (all Kolhapur), Afreen Peerbhoy, Harshika Jain, Mansi Samre, Nishka Parkash, Sapna Jaiswar (vice-captain), Pranita Nimkar (all Mumbai), Tanvi Patil (Palghar), Aishwarya Jagtap, Anjali Barke, Anushka Pawar, Mrunal More, Sanika Deshpande, Sapna Rajpure (all Pune), Ambika Dange (Satara).
Manager: Prithvi Gaikwad (Kolhapur).
Head coach: George Lawrence (Mumbai), Assistant coach: Rutuja Gunwant (Pune).
Maharashtra schedule:
Oct 2: Maharashtra Vs Odisha
Oct 4: Maharashtra Vs Gujarat
Oct 6: Maharashtra Vs Assam