{"id":457440,"date":"2026-05-24T10:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/457440\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T10:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T10:04:07","slug":"india-vs-australia-womens-hockey-2026-know-tour-schedule-and-live-match-start-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/457440\/","title":{"rendered":"India vs Australia women\u2019s hockey 2026: Know tour schedule and live match start times"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian women\u2019s hockey team<\/a> will be on a tour Down Under to play Australia in a four-match series scheduled to start on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

All four Australia vs India women\u2019s hockey matches will be played at the Perth Hockey Stadium.<\/p>\n

The tour will serve as important preparation for India ahead of the FIH Hockey Women\u2019s Nations Cup, scheduled to take place in Auckland from June 15 to 21.<\/p>\n

The upcoming Nations Cup will be India\u2019s opportunity to earn back promotion to the FIH Pro League<\/a> for the 2026-27 season, which will also be a hockey<\/a> qualifier for the LA 2028 Olympics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

India head into the tour on the back of a strong showing in Argentina earlier this year, where they held the world No. 2 team to a 2-2 draw.<\/p>\n

Ninth in the world hockey rankings<\/a>, India will be more evenly matched with the eighth-ranked Australia. Moreover, matches in Perth will be invaluable to acclimate themselves to the conditions in Auckland.<\/p>\n

Salima Tete, a bronze medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games<\/a> and the 2023 Asian Games<\/a>, will captain the squad for the upcoming tour.<\/p>\n

Tete missed the Argentina tour due to illness and will look to feel her way back into the setup.<\/p>\n

Three members of the 22-member Indian squad for Australia – Sonam, Hina Bano and Lalthantluangi – will be up for their international debuts during the tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have picked a squad with a good balance of experienced and young players, some of whom will get their first minutes at the international level,\u201d head coach Sjoerd Marijne<\/a> said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to keep developing players, and the best way to do that is under pressure in international matches\u2026 I want to see the level of performance we saw in our last two matches in Argentina and build consistency in our performances,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Australia vs India women\u2019s hockey 2026 schedule and live match start times<\/p>\n

As per Indian Standard Times (IST)<\/p>\n

May 26, Tuesday: Australia vs India match 1 – 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

May 27, Wednesday: Australia vs India match 2 – 5:00 PM<\/p>\n

May 29, Friday: Australia vs India match 3 – 11:00 AM<\/p>\n

May 30, Saturday: Australia vs India match 4 – 11:00 AM<\/p>\n

Indian women\u2019s hockey team for Australia tour 2026<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: Savita, Bichu Devi Kharibam<\/p>\n

Defenders: Nikki Pradhan, Ishika Chaudhary, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Lalthantluangi, Jyoti, Shilpi Dabas<\/p>\n

Midfielders: Salima Tete, Lalremsiami, Neha, Sakshi Rana, Sunelita Toppo, Deepika Soreng, Sonam<\/p>\n

Forwards: Navneet Kaur, Baljeet Kaur, Deepika, Annu, Ishika, Hina Bano, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Indian women\u2019s hockey team will be on a tour Down Under to play Australia in a four-match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-457440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}