"Among the women, she's not just strong with her physique, but mentally tough too," says Jugraj, who had first observed Gurjit when she was turning out for North Central Railways, where she's employed. She scored her first goal on her first tour with the team, to Malaysia, and by her own admission, it was her first drag-flick - graduating from the standard lift-push and slap hit that the team was more familiar with.įormer India drag-flicker Jugraj Singh, who worked with the Indian women's team for a brief while even as he assisted the men's team, says Gurjit has all the components that make her a good flicker. Aged 16, she was first selected for the junior camp, and would graduate to the Indian team in 2014. It was this attitude that first sparked interest in Gurjit, setting her off on her journey with the India blue in 2012. That tournament, incidentally, was where Gurjit would become an indispensable part of the Indian team, with current coach Sjoerd Marijne in charge.Īll her coaches remember Gurjit as a strong woman and a keen learner. India beat Chile 4-2 in the semi-final on Saturday, an opposition they had also beaten to the World League Round 2 title in Canada in early 2017.
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At the ongoing FIH Series Finals in Hiroshima, she has kept India in cruise-control mode for the title with nine* goals, the most for any player. It was 2017, the year that Harendra started working with the women's team and led them to an Asia Cup title after 13 years, and Gurjit top-scored with eight goals. "I would then tell her that if you knew the answer all along, why would you simply not speak?" "I would then say, ' Main sar pe hockey maarunga jab tak tu jawab nahin degi (I will hit you with a stick if you do not answer me),' and then she'd invariably say the right thing," remembers Harendra. " Jab tak tu bolegi nahin, main hatunga nahin (I will not budge until you speak)," he would say, which would be met with a stoic smile. It forced him to adopt the extreme measure of holding up practice when he sought her inputs on what she had done wrong.
In the early days of his appointment as coach of the Indian women's team, Harendra Singh struggled to get defender and drag-flicker Gurjit Kaur to open up.
Meet Gurjit Kaur - star drag-flicker of the Indian women's team
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