Indian women’s handball team scripted history by clinching the country’s maiden gold medal in the Asian junior championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan and qualifying for the world championships later this year.
The Indian team beat Thailand 41-18 in its fourth and final match to top the five-team tournament.
Priyanka Thakur, a player of Morsinghi handball nursery of Ghumarwin subdivision of Bilaspur, is the captain of the Indian women's junior handball team.