She plays as a Defender in the senior team and has represented India over 200 outings and has scored 24 goals.

Deepika joined the Indian National Women's hockey team much against the wishes of her parents who wanted her to marry early.

She postponed her marriage that was scheduled to happen in October 2016 in order to play for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

[4][5][6][7][8][9] In the Asian Champions Trophy (2016) held in Malaysia, Indian women's won their maiden title in which Deepika played an important role.

Deepika was part of the squad and scored one of the goals in the final match against Sri Lanka.