Deepika Sehrawat

Deepika Sehrawat
Personal information
BornDeepika Sehrawat
(2003-12-06) 6 December 2003 (age 22)
Hisar, Haryana, India
Sport
SportField hockey
PositionForward
Senior career
Years Team Caps Goals
2019– Indian Oil - -
2025– Delhi SG Pipers - -
National team
Years Team Caps Goals
2018 India U18 Hockey5s 5 (4)
2019–2024 India U21 22 (20)
2022– India 82 (60)
Medal record
Women's field hockey
Representing  India
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2026 Aichi–NagoyaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 HangzhouTeam
Asian Champions Trophy
Gold medal – first place2023 RanchiTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 RajgirTeam
Junior Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 JapanTeam
Gold medal – first place2024 MuscatTeam

Deepika Sehrawat (born 6 December 2003) is an Indian field hockey player and member of the national team. She was a part of the bronze medal winning team at the 2022 Asian Games. She plays as a forward and specialises in drag-flicks.

Early life

Deepika started as wrestler and used to practice along with her brother. One day in 2012, on way to wrestling practice she picked up a hockey stick for fun and soon it became her mainstay.

Career

Deepika first came to limelight with a stellar performance in the 2018 Sub-Junior National Championships in her hometown Hisar, where she scored 16 goals for Haryana. Haryana went to win the Sun-Junior Nationals and Deepika was adjudged as the 'Best Player' of the tournament. Then she was called for the National camp and was selected for the Indian team for the Youth Olympic qualifier. She made her junior debut for the country in 2018 at the Youth Olympic Qualifiers in April 2018. In 2020, she was part of the Junior India women's tour of Chile where she played a key role in the Indian team's unbeaten run. Later she also took part in the 2021 Junior World Cup in Potchefstroom, South Africa and was part of the Indian team that won gold at the 2023 Junior Asia Cup. She made her debut for Senior India in the 2021–22 Women's FIH Pro League held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She scored eight goals against Uzbekistan in a Pool B match at the 2026 Asian Games to set up a new international record of highest goals by a woman player in a single match at the Games. She broke her own record by scoring 9 in a match against Thailand.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2025 Hockey India Awards Upcoming Player of the Year Female Won

References

  1. ↑ "Asian Champions Trophy hockey: How Deepika, from a wrestling family, developed into India's drag-flicking forward". The Indian Express. 18 November 2024. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "रोहतक लौटी भारतीय हॉकी टीम प्लेयर दीपिका:एशियन गेम्स में ब्रॉन्ज मेडल जीता; रोहद टोल पर ग्रामीणों ने किया जोरदार स्वागत". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 11 October 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Deepika: Training under Rupinder at national camp will help me during Asian Games 2023". Sportstar. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Hockey Women's Junior World Cup: All you need to know about the Indian team". Scroll.in. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Indian hockey star Deepika: "We will do well in the Junior Asia Cup"". Stick2Hockey. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "'My father has had a few sleepless nights…': Deepika opens up about her journey following selection in Indian squad for Asiad". Bhaskar Live. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Maheshwari, Aditya (20 September 2026). "Deepika Sehrawat rewrites women's hockey record books with eight-goal blitz to set Asian Games on fire". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  8. ↑ Mondal, Aratrick (23 September 2026). "India complete 20-1 rout: Deepika scores record 9, but women's team misses 44-year Asian Games record again". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 September 2026.