A 20-year-old athlete from a remote village in Uttarkashi, who entered rugby by chance three years ago after mistaking a trial for a race event, emerged as India’s standout performer at the Central and South Asia (CASA) Rugby 7s Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, reports TOI.
Mahak Chauhan, a resident of Bhadrasu village in Mori block, was named the women’s player of the tournament in her first senior international appearance after scoring nine tries for India during the competition held from May 16 to 17.
