The 2021 calendar for hockey, kicks off with the Indian Women’s Hockey Team touring Argentina, after more than a full year due to the coronavirus and its restraints on the sport. With measures taken to make sure sports can go on in a pandemic period, the Indian Women’s team will be hosted by Argentina for a nine-game stretch that will pit them against the entire Argentine gauntlet from the junior women’s team, Argentina B, to the senior team, throughput the later part of the month of January. For the mini 
tournament, a dedicated bubble environment has been created for the teams, with all general health and safety protocols put in place to allow as little contact as possible.
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As part of the health protocols around the tournament, the Indian team took a mandatory Covid-19 RT-PCR test, which takes 72 hours to deliver results, before 
leaving New Delhi. This will save them from a quarantine period in Argentina, which means they will be able to get straight to work, but within respect of the health protocols in place. The vice captain of the team, Savita, thanked the Hockey association for arranging the tour, while team captain, Rani Rampal, in a statement released before the team’s departure, talked about the challenges of adapting to a bubble environment but raved about the opportunity to compete again. The first matches of the tour will be a two-game stint against the Argentine junior women’s team on January 17 and 19, followed by another double header against the Argentina B team on January 22 and 24.
There will be only a day’s rest before the team kicks off its four-game lineup against the Argentine senior team, on the 26, 28, 30, 31st of January. The arrangement and number of matches will give the team the best chances at testing their fitness and getting their conditioning right after such a long layoff from official competition. The hope is to have the 25-woman squad already in a rhythm by the time they face the Argentine senior team on the 26th. A bubble environment in place means there will be most likely no fans but the broadcast of the mini tournament should be a consolation for fans and a chance to show that the sport can succeed and thrive in the face of the current pandemic situation.
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