New Delhi: Three Odia players have found a place in the list of 34 probables announced Saturday by Hockey India to attend the senior men’s national camp, beginning February 18 at the Sports Authority of India, Bangalore. They are Amit Rohidas, Birendra Lakra and Shilanand Lakra. The camp will be conducted in Bangalore, starting February 18 to prepare the team for the season’s first tournament – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia. The event starts, March 23.
HI has retained all 18 players of the Indian team that took part at the World Cup last December, for the month-long camp that concludes, March 18.
The list also features Sultan of Johor Cup silver medal-winning India Colts like Shilanand, Suman Beck, Mandeep Mor, Yashdeep Siwach, Vishal Antil and Gursahabjit Singh.
The youngsters have been credited for showing continued improvement and potential to match the standards at the senior level.
“The team for the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be selected from this core group of 34 players after a selection trial is held in Bangalore in the last week of February,” said David John, high performance director, Hockey India.
The probables: (Goalkeepers): PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera, Krishan Bahadur Pathak; (Defenders): Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Varun Kumar, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Pardeep Singh, Suman Beck, Mandeep Mor, Birendra Lakra, Rupinder Pal Singh; (Midfielders): Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Simranjit Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Yashdeep Siwach, Vishal Antil; (Forwards): Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Sumit Kumar, Gursahabjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra and SV Sunil.
PTI