Akshata Dhekale
Personal information
Born Akshata Abaso Dhekale
(2001-11-02) 2 November 2001
Satara, Maharashtra, India
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
Senior career
Years Team
Hockey Maharashtra
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
India U21
2022– India 4 (0)

Akshata Abaso Dhekale (born 2 November 2001) is an Indian field hockey player and member of Indian women's hockey team.[1] She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She is a defender. She made her debut for Senior India in March 2022.[2]

Early life

Akshata Abaso hails from Satara, Maharashtra. She used to train at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune.in 2019.

Hockey career

Akshata Abaso played for Maharashtra and captained the state team in 2019 at the Hockey India Junior Women's Nationals tournament in Kerala.[3] After a good tournament,[2] she was called for the Junior India camp.[4] Akshata Abaso was part of the Indian team that took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2021, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth. Later in June 2022, she played both the matches against Germany at the FIH Hockey Pro League getting her first India cap at the senior level.[4] A month later in July, she was part of the Indian team that took part in the FIH Hockey Women's World Cup Spain & Netherlands 2022. In August, she also played the Women's Hockey5s Asia Cup Salalah 2023 at Oman.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Akshata Dhekale Profile". Hockey India. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  2. 1 2 "Akshata, Deepika Jr two new faces in Indian women's hockey team for Germany tie". The Times of India. 2022-03-09. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  3. ↑ M, Hari Kishore (2022-03-15). "Akshata Abaso Dhekale: "I gained a lot of experience in the two games"". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  4. 1 2 Scroll Staff (2022-03-15). "Hockey: After her senior debut, Akshata Dhekale looks to consolidate transition from the junior team". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
  5. ↑ "Dhekale Akshata Abaso | India hockey player". International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
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