India women's national rugby sevens team explained

Country:	India Women's Sevens Team
Union:	Rugby India
Coach:	Waisale Serevi^[1]
Sevens:	y
World Cup Apps:	0
Women:	y

The India women's national sevens rugby union team is India's national representative in Rugby sevens.

History

Sevens was first played in India in 1886 at the Khajjiar Gymkhana.^[2]

They played their first international sevens rugby at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, where they finished seventh. India competed at the 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series in the Trophy division and placed second overall.^{[3] [4]}

India were runners-up at the 2023 Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament in Dubai.^{[5] [6]} They finished as runners up again in the same competition in 2024 this time held in Kathmandu.^[7]

Players

Previous squad

• Sitara Indramohan
• V. Boman Bharucha
• Niharika Bal
• Bhagyalaxmi Barik
• Neha Pardeshi
• Surabhi Date
• Tapasi Nandi
• Sutapa Das
• Kalpana Das
• Sheetal Maurya
• Annapurna Bothate
• Yogita Marathe

Tournament History

Asian Championship

• Oceania Rugby Women's Sevens Championship
• Asia Pacific Women's Sevens Championship
• 2010 Asia Pacific Women's Sevens Championship
• Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
  • 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Series
• 2019 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Sevens Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Asian Games

Asian Games
Year	Round	Position					PF	PA	PD
	7th-8th Placing	7th	6	1	5	0	26	206	-180
	Did not compete
	Did not compete
	6th-7th placing	7th	4	0	4	0	7	122	-115
Total	0 Title	1/3	10	1	9	0	33	328	-295

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rugby India appoints Waisale Serevi as head coach for men's and women's team.
2. Web site: Scotland to India: the spread of Sevens. June 2, 2022.
3. Web site: 2019-08-09. Indian Rugby sevens teams all set for Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy. 2021-10-31. Asia Rugby. en-US.
4. Web site: 2019-08-11. 'The fairy tale has just begun' - Indian women on a high after Asian sevens silver. 2021-10-31. ESPN.com. en.
5. Web site: Nag . Utathya . 2023-11-05 . Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy 2023: Indian women win silver, men finish fifth . 2024-06-10 . olympics.com.
6. Web site: 2023-11-05 . Indian women's rugby team finishes runners-up at Asia Rugby Sevens Trophy . 2024-06-09 . thebridge.in . en.
7. Web site: Formidable: Indian women's team clinch silver in Asia Rugby Sevens in Kathmandu.