70th National Football Championship: Mid-fielder Vikas Rawat to lead Delhi senior team in Santosh Trophy

70th National Football Championship for Santosh TrophyNew Delhi: Midfielder Vikas Rawat of Airport Authority of India will lead a 20-member team of Delhi State for participation in the 70th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy to be held in Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir from February 6 to 11. The team was announced on February 2 after a trial-cum-selection camp of 13 days held at CWG Village Sports Complex and Dr Ambedkar Stadium.

Other members of the team are as under:

Goalkeeper: Ayush Rai , Amit Negi ( Vice- captain )

Defenders: Yogesh Prasad ( VC ), Sonu Beniwal, Abhishek Rawat, Anoop Bisht, Nitin Rawat, Harish Karki, Pawan Sharma
Halves: Vikas Rawat (C), Ashu Nathani, Monu Choudhary, Dheeraj Jangpangi, Kisley Sajwan, Anirbhan Barua, Nitesh Sharma

Forwards: Kamal Singh Rawat, Shaheen John, Shashank Mamgain, Vikrant Solanky

Coaches: Anadi Barua & Ravinder Singh Rana

Manager: Pushpender Kundu

Stand byes: Mohd. Aiyaz, Ashish Pandey, Saurabh Patra, Deepanshu, Dilsher Khushwant Chauhan, Vikram Gill

The team play their first match on February 6 against Chandigarh followed by Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir on February 8 and 10 respectively. The team will leave on February 3 for Jammu.