This is going to be the first time in history when an Indian women's hockey player is going to be awarded the Khel Ratna Award, the highest honor of India's sports world. Rani Rampal, captain of the Indian women's hockey team, has become the player who created this history. The reason for giving her this honor has been her outstanding performance as a captain and player.
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Among the hockey players, Dhanraj Pillai (1999-2000) and Sardar Singh have received this award before Rani. Due to the Corona epidemic, the year 2020 is no doubt bad for the entire world as well as the sports world, but this year is becoming very memorable for Rani. She became the first hockey player in the world to receive the prestigious 'World Games Athlete of the Year' award on January 30 earlier this year. Earlier this year, she was also honored with the Padma Shri Award.
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Born on December 4, 1994, Rani comes from a very normal family. To run the house, her father used to run tanga and sell bricks. During the rainy days, water was filled in their raw house. Rani started playing hockey at the age of 6. Once the player had told that she had grown up in a place where women and girls are kept inside the walls of the house.
Indian hockey players start warming-up, waiting for five players including captain