Nikki Pradhan is a mainstay of the Indian women's hockey team. “My eldest daughter, Shashi, was the first from the family to play hockey,” her father Soma Pradhan told Hindustan Times in 2017. “When she demanded a hockey stick, I discouraged her from playing the game. “I was quite slight, still am, but I was scared of getting hit with the hockey stick at that time. This was just in time for the Rio Olympics, where the Indian women’s hockey team was making an appearance after 36 years.

Source: Mint May 04, 2021 15:45 UTC