Rani Rampal creates historical past, turns into first girls’s Hockey participant to get a stadium named after her

Star Hockey participant Rani Rampal has created historical past as she turns into the first-ever girls’s hockey participant to have a stadium named after her. Indian Railways’ Modern Coach Factory (MCF) in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, has renamed the hockey stadium as ‘Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf’.

Rani Rampal was current on the inauguration of the stadium together with different workers members. She shared the replace by way of her social media accounts.

Taking to Twitter, Rani mentioned, “Words seem too less to express my happiness and gratitude as I share that the MCF Raebareli has renamed the hockey stadium to ‘Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf’ to honour my contribution to hockey”.

Words appear too much less to specific my happiness and gratitude as I share that the MCF Raebareli has renamed the hockey stadium to “Rani’s Girls Hockey Turf “to honour my contribution to hockey. pic.twitter.com/sSt59EwDJA

— Rani Rampal (@imranirampal) March 20, 2023

Thanking MCF Rae Bareli, she additional added, “Thank you so much once again @cpro_mcfrbl for this lifetime recognition. I am sure this will inspire young girls to take up hockey as a sports career.”

Thank you a lot as soon as once more @cpro_mcfrbl for this lifetime recognition. I’m positive it will encourage younger women to take up hockey as a sports activities profession. https://t.co/cAFtFW32yK

— Rani Rampal (@imranirampal) March 21, 2023

28-year-old Rani Rampal was born within the manufacturing unit that produces girls’s hockey gamers in droves, the city of Shahbad within the Kurukshetra district of Haryana. She was coached by Dronacharya awardee Baldev Singh throughout her early years.

Rani made her senior debut when she was simply 14 years outdated, making her the youngest participant within the workforce. She has represented India 250 instances, additionally serving because the captain prior to now when she led India to the Asian Games silver medal within the 2018 Games. Rani Rampal was additionally the flag bearer of the Indian contingent on the closing ceremony of these video games.