Ace striker Rani Rampal was today named the captain of a 20-strong Indian women's hockey team for next month's series against Korea. Announcing this, chief coach Harendra Singh said in New Delhi that Korea Tour will help to analyse the areas that require improvement ahead of the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. 

He said the team have a good mix of experienced players who will play an important role of guiding some of the youngsters in the team.  India will play five matches against the hosts at the Jinchun National Athletic Centre, from 3 to 12 next month. 

The Korea Tour will be the Indian team's first event after its historic Asia Cup success where the side beat China 5-4 in a penalty shootout to lift the title in November last year.