Ranchi / Gumla: When the Indian women’s team wrote history on Monday stormed to the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics, residents of Hesal and Badkichapar, two non-descriptive villages Jharkhand, tucked away in the remote corners of the Khunti District and Simdega were very happy to have witnessed their two girls , Nikki Pradhan and Salima Tete, in direct action on TV with many difficulties.
The Chairperson of Minister Hemant Soren also congratulated the team through tweets.
Before the match, Nikki’s sister, who Ranchi, called his father Soma Pradhan and Mrs.
Jitan Devi to tell them about the great moments of her sister in Tokyo.
Speaking with Ti by telephone, Soma said, “I did not know the time of the match until several reporters called me looking for a location to meet us.
Then, my sister also told me.
Only so, we sat down to watch the match.
We are very proud to see Nikki I made a history right before our eyes and I remember how he used to play with tree branches because I was unable to buy a hockey stick.
To support it, I registered it in the center of Baratian girl hockey in Ranchi and from there he didn’t look back.
“He further said,” I am sure that Nikki will bring home the medal after watching the match.
I am also sure that the men’s hockey team will also make our country proud.
The two teams play very well under pressure.
“Mrs.
Nikki said she was tense throughout the match , “Nikki and other players fall on the ground several times.
I worry they will get hurt sadly.
But that’s the nature of the game,” said Jitan.
More than 60 km away in Simdega, the entire district entered the atmosphere of the celebration as soon as the match ended.
Beginner and high-minded players, including locals, strengthened on various roads that hit the drum and ‘Nagadas’.
In Badkichapar, where Salima’s parents lived, their homes were so crowded with neighbors since morning to watch the match.
Salima’s parents – Suleksan and Subhani Tete – said seeing their daughter playing at the Olympics for the first time was a proud moment.
“We now hope the team returns with a medal,” said sulex, adding that the whole team played well after the initial loss.
Unlike Nikki’s parents, representing India at the Olympics for the second time, Sulexan said, “We have watched the match regularly.
But we have to rent a generator set because there is no power due to heavy rain.” Manoj Konbegi, President of Hockey Simdega, told Toi, “While the Salima Village experienced blackouts since yesterday (Sunday) because it rained, his parents arranged the generator to ensure that they did not miss the game.” Simdega is considered a Jharkhand hockey cradle and has produced several national and international hockey players.
His parents said he was excited about the game since his childhood such as other tribal girls.
The celebration rally includes the first coach of pratima and conbegi Salima apart from several others.
Former captain of the Indian women’s senior team, Sumrai Tete, also from Simdega, said he crossed, like a billion other people in the country, for medals.
“I’m sure the team of men and women will reach the podium to finish this Olympics.” Watch Watch: How two Jharkhand villages are celebrated when the Indian women’s hockey team reaches the semifinals