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- ↑ Squads at the 2014 Asian Games Archived 22 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine incheon2014ag.org
- ↑ Match summary AFC [ dead link ]
- ↑ Shukla, Abhishek. "Indian women's squad announced for SAFF Championship". India Footy. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ↑ "20 selected in Indian squad for 12th South Asian Games". AIFF. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
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