Bengaluru: Indian Junior Women's defender Gagandeep Kaur said that her "biggest inspiration" is India captain Rani Rampal.
Gagandeep Kaur not only comes from a sports background but also from a place where Indian Women team captain Rani hails from. She said, "My grandfather had always wished that someone else from the family should also take up sports just like him. But my father chose to move to the United Kingdom for livelihood, while my uncle did try his luck in athletics but couldn't achieve much. So, all his hopes came down to me. I started playing hockey in school and then joined the hockey academy in Shahabad."
She further added, within a couple of years, I started playing nationals and started earning recognition in the town. My biggest inspiration has been Rani di. Having watched her from close quarters, it gives confidence to a player like me Gagandeep Kaur was born in Shahabad Markanda, a small rural subdivision in Kurukshetra district in Haryana also touted as the "Nursery of Women's Hockey" in India, Gagandeep just like other girls in the town also took to hockey at a young age.
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