Hockey India announces core group of senior men’s team ahead of Asian Champions Trophy
New Delhi. Hockey India announced a 39-member core group (key players) of the senior men’s team for the national camp to be held from June 26 to July 19 at the Sports Authority of India Center (SAI) in Bengaluru. After the camp, the team will travel to Terrassa, Spain, where it will take part in an international tournament from July 25 to 30 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Spanish Hockey Federation. Apart from India and hosts Spain, England and Netherlands will challenge in this tournament. After the four-nation tournament, the Asian Champions Trophy will be played in Chennai from August 3 in which India will face Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Japan and China for the title.
India Head Coach Craig Fulton said, “We performed well in the FIH Men’s Hockey Pro League 2022-23 matches in Belgium and the Netherlands and now we hope to continue the same, especially in the second half of this year Looking at important tournaments coming up. “He said,” The camp will be an opportunity for us to improve ourselves in certain areas and work together as a unit once again. The Asian Champions Trophy 2023 is scheduled to be held in Chennai in August which will be followed by the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China. It is an important camp for us to start our preparation for the coming months and showcase the kind of hockey we want to play.
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India’s 39-man core probable group is as follows: Goalkeepers: Krishna Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera, Pawan Malik, Prashant Kumar Chauhan. Defenders: Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh, Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Neelam Sanjeep Says, Sanjay, Yashdeep Siwach, Dipsan Tirkey, Manjeet. Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Neelakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Sumit, Akashdeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mohd Raheel Mousin, Maninder Singh. Forwards: S Karthi, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Simranjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra and Pawan Rajbhar.
