New Delhi: Hockey India Selection Committee has decided to prune down the list of Core Group Women probables to 33 players during the two-day selection trials which concluded at Aish Bagh Stadium, Bhopal on 10 November.

Hockey India Selectors B.P Govinda, Savitry Purty and Surinder Kaur alongwith Government Observer Harbinder Singh and Chief Coach Neil Hawgood tested the fitness and performance of all the players before pruning down the list of core probables from 48 to 33 so as to build a strong team for New Zealand Test Series in December this year and the FIH World League Round 2 Tournament to be hosted in Delhi during February 2013.

The selectors will announce the squad of 18 players shortly for the New Zealand six match test series to be played in New Zealand from 6 - 16 December 2012.

India will be participating in the FIH World League Round 2 Tournament to be hosted in Delhi from 18 - 24 February 2013.

By Indian Sports News Network