A promising teen talent from the famed Kodava school of hockey
Pearlin, who began playing as a third-grader at her school Kodagu Vidyalaya in Madikeri, was the captain of the Karnataka team at the Sub-junior Nationals and also led south zone at Hockey India's 1st Sub-junior Inter-zone Championships in Haryana - both in 2024.
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