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Captain Gilly Okumu in Africa Cup of Nations test match against Uganda at Sikh Union on Sunday, March 21, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

It is her agility, her reading of the game, and her supreme attention to detail that marks out Gilly Okumu as one of the best hockey players of her generation.

A forward who marshals the attack with utmost confidence in her own ability to bail her team out of any tight spot, there is an impregnable yet languid nature to Okumu’s style of play that speaks of a natural-born talent.

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