Garima selected in National Khelo India Women’s Football Competition

Rajnandgaon. The city’s promising female football player Garima Srivas has been selected in the Chhattisgarh women’s football team in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2023-24 National Women’s Football Competition to be held in Chennai from January 19 to January 31. She has been selected on the basis of her excellent sports skills in the first state level women’s Khelo India football competition held last year in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

Garima has also previously represented Chhattisgarh in the Under-17 National Open Football Competition held in Bhuneshwar, Orissa in September 2023. Due to her excellent performance in several national football competitions one after the other, the selection committee has selected her for the Women’s National Khelo India Competition. Garima is the first and only female football player selected from Rajnandgaon district to represent Chhattisgarh in the Khelo India women’s national competition. This selection of Garima has brought a wave of happiness among her coach, fellow football players and family members. Garima is the daughter of Meenu Shriwas and Late Mahesh Shriwas, and is training under the able guidance of coaches Tarvinder Singh Randhawa and Kishore Maheshwari at Shocker Training School, Rajnandgaon.