Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
Hockey India on Saturday shortlisted 34-players for the National Camp to begin at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru on 18 February to prepare for the season’s first tournament — 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia starting on 23 March 2019.
Hockey India has retained all 18 players who took part at the World Cup, for the month-long Camp that concludes on 18 March 2019.
“The team for the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be selected from this core group after a selection trial is held in Bengaluru in the last week of February”. said David John, High Performance Director, Hockey India.
The list also features Sultan of Johor Cup Silver-medal winning India Colts Shilanand Lakra, 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.
Goalkeepers PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera and Krishan Bahadur Pathak have been named in the group along with Defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Varun Kumar, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Pardeep Singh, Suman Beck, Mandeep Mor, Birendra Lakra and Rupinder Pal Singh.
Midfielders Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Simranjit Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Yashdeep Siwach and Vishal Antil have been called up.
Among forwards, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Sumit Kumar, Gursahabjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra and SV Sunil have been called for the camp.
“I am happy to note that the junior players who have recently been inducted into the Senior Camp have shown significant improvement and that the depth in the group is strong.” John added.
List of Campers
Goalkeepers:
1. PR Sreejesh
2. Suraj Karkera
3. Krishan Bahadur Pathak
Defenders:
4. Harmanpreet Singh
5. Gurinder Singh
6. Varun Kumar
7. Kothajit Singh Khadangbam
8. Surender Kumar
9. Amit Rohidas
10. Jarmanpreet Singh
11. Pardeep Singh
12. Suman Beck
13. Mandeep Mor
14. BirendraLakra
15. Rupinder Pal Singh
Midfielders:
16. Manpreet Singh
17. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam
18. Sumit
19. Simranjit Singh
20. Nilakanta Sharma
21. Hardik Singh
22. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
23. Vivek Sagar Prasad
24. Yashdeep Siwach
25. Vishal Antil
Forwards:
26. Akashdeep Singh
27. Ramandeep Singh
28. Gurjant Singh
29. Mandeep Singh
30. Dilpreet Singh
31. Sumit Kumar
32. Gursahabjit Singh
33. ShilanandLakra
34. SV Sunil