Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
National football team head coach Coach Igor Stimac on Wednesday shortlisted 29 probables for India’s preparatory camp for the FIFA World Cup qualifier match against Bangladesh to be played at the YBK Stadium in Kolkata on 15 October.
The camp for the probables will commence in Guwahati from 3 October
According to the coach, “the list will be further pruned for another 4 names until the end of the week.This is an initial list of 29 players. We still have some uncertainties with small injury problems with few players,”
“The Bangladesh game is going to be very different from the last one against Qatar. We need all the players to be fully fit, and ready for the day,” he added.
“I hope that YBK will be packed and our supporters in Kolkata will push our players all the way through to our first victory in qualifiers,” the Coach hoped
After the 2-1 loss to Oman at home and a 0-0 draw away at Qatar, India has one point and is third in the table standings.
The probables::
Goalkeepers: : Gurpreet Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.
Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Nishu Kumar, Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Narender, Sarthak Golui, Anas Edathodika, Anwar Ali (Jr.), Mandar Rao Desai, Subhasish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala.
Midfielders : Udanta Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Vinit Rai, Anirudh Thapa, Abdul Sahal, Raynier Fernandes, Brandon Fernandes, Halicharan Narzary, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Ashique Kuruniyan.
Forwards Sunil Chhetri, Balwant Singh, Manvir Singh, Farukh Choudhary.