Star midfielder and Olympic bronze medalist captain Manpreet Singh will lead a 20-man robust Indian hockey crew within the double leg FIH Pro League in opposition to South Africa and France from February 8-13.
Manpreet can be assisted by ace dragflicker Harmanpreet Singh.
Young dragflicker Jugraj Singh and striker Abhishek are the brand new faces
Squad.
Jugraj, who hails from Attari, entered the senior nationwide camp for the primary time, when he impressed the nationwide selectors through the first Hockey India Senior Men’s Inter Department National Championship, the place he grew to become a member of the Services Sports Control Board.
Abhishek, then again, is a striker, who was earlier part of the junior program and performed for India within the Sultan of Johor Cup in 2017 and 2018.
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Hockey India introduced a 20-member Indian hockey males’s squad for the FIH Pro League matches to be held in South Africa from 8 February.
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From Sonepat, Haryana, Abhishek additionally did properly within the 1st Senior Men Inter Department National Championship for Punjab National Bank, serving to him make it to the Senior National Camp for the primary time.
The 20-member squad additionally consists of goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak; Defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Jugraj.
The midfield can be beneath Manpreet’s watch and in addition consists of Neelkant Sharma, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Shamsher Singh and Vivek Sagar Prasad.
The ahead line consists of Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh and Abhishek.
“After a three-week camp in Bengaluru, a squad has been selected which includes 14 Tokyo Olympians and two debutants,” India’s head coach Graham Reid stated in an announcement.
Keeping in thoughts the COVID-19 pandemic, India will journey with 4 further gamers along with holding 5 additional gamers available.
“We have tried to select an skilled group that won’t solely give us an incredible likelihood to start out this season of the FIH Hockey Pro League on a constructive word, it displays the top quality that we’ll face within the opening video games.
“We are also using this opportunity to make the debut of two new players. Jugraj Singh, a versatile defender/midfielder who adds to our dragflick options and Abhishek is a strong, fast striker who loves to score,” stated the Australian.
The Indian crew will depart for South Africa from Bengaluru on February 4.
India will play France of their first match on February 8 and can tackle hosts South Africa the subsequent day.
The Indian crew will play France once more on February 12 after which conclude their schedule in opposition to South Africa the subsequent day.
Both the two-match matches can be held in Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Indian Hockey Team:
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh, Krishan Bahadur Pathak.
Protector: Harmanpreet Singh (Vice-Captain), Amit Rohidas, Surendra Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh.
Midfielder: Manpreet Singh (Captain), Neelkant Sharma, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad.
Ahead: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh, Abhishek.
Stan by: Suraj Karkera, Mandeep Mor, Raj Kumar Pal, Sumit, Gursahibjit Singh. PTI SSC
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
