Born on 8th Dec.1993, Jharkhand state's all rounder Nikki Pradhan is a vital cog in the present Indian national women's hockey team. Since made her senior international debut in 2016, Nikki  has played the Rio Olympic (2016); World Cup (2018); Asian Games (2018); Asia Cup (2017); Hockey World League Round 3 (nil); Commonwealth Games (2018). She also figured in the Olympic Qualifying Series against the USA in 2019, which India won and thus qualified for the Tokyo number.