17-year old Sumati Kumari started her journey from Gumla, Jharkhand. While playing in her village, the speedy attacker was scouted by AIFF, and brought into the junior national team camps in 2016. Sumati has been a part of the victorious India U-15 Women’s Team at the SAFF U-15 Championship in 2019 wherein she scored three goals in four matches in Bhutan.