Seeing her father Jasbir Singh play handball, Udita Duhan acquired inclined in direction of sports activities in her early years. Initially, she began taking part in handball however later determined to modify to hockey after her coach didn’t present up for the courses for 3 days in a row. Udita then gave up the ball and picked up the stick and has not regarded again since. She has emerged as one of many rising stars of the Indian girls hockey workforce.
After her preliminary success, she continued performing properly and it was solely a matter of time earlier than she was chosen within the junior hockey workforce to characterize India. Nonetheless, she suffered a setback when her father died in 2015. Her mom Geeta Devi took reins of the household and inspired Udita set her eyes for a berth within the Indian workforce. “She has realised the dream of her father,” says Geeta Devi.