Ishika Chaudhary | |
Birth Date: | 15 April 2000 |
Birth Place: | Madhya Pradesh, India |
Position: | Defender |
Currentclub: | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
Clubs1: | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. |
Nationalteam1: | India U21 |
Nationalyears2: | 2022– |
Nationalteam2: | India |
Nationalcaps2: | 52 |
Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
Ishika Chaudhary (born 15 April 2000) is a field hockey player and member of Indian women hockey team.[1] She hails from Madhya Pradesh. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments. She made her debut for the Senior India team in 2022. She plays as a defender.[2]
Ishika learnt her basics at the MP Women's Hockey Academy, Gwalior. She performed well for MP in the back-to-back Junior Nationals at Bhopal in 2016 and 2017 and was called for the National camp in 2017. She was part of the Indian Hockey team that won the silver medal at the 3rd Youth Olympic Games 2018 held at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also took part in the qualifier for the Under-18 YOG held at Bangkok in April 2018 where she scored three goals. Later, she was part of the Indian team that took part in the FIH Hockey Women's Junior World Cup 2022, Potchefstroom, South Africa where India finished fourth.[3]