Bengaluru: Hockey India, the apex body for hockey in India announced the commencement of the coaching camps for the junior and senior men national team in Bengaluru. The camps are scheduled to be organized from 7th March, 2016 – 8th April, 2016 and 7th March 2016 – 2nd April, 2016 for both the senior and the junior team respectively at the SAI Centre, Bengaluru.
The coaching camps in Bengaluru will set the tone for the rest of the year for Indian hockey. The 4th Coal India Hockey India League has seen the emergence of many new prospects for Indian hockey, both at the junior and senior level who have also been included in the camp. The importance of the camp increases even more considering that the Rio Olympics and the Junior World Cup are scheduled for later this year. A total of 32 and 33 players have been announced for the junior and senior core probables respectively.
The 33 member senior men’s team for the camp will consist of the following players:
GOALKEEPER
1. P R Sreejesh
2. Harjot Singh
3. Akash Chikte
DEFENDERS
4. Rupinder Pal Singh
5. Pardeep Mor
6. Jasjit Singh Kular
7. Birender Lakra
8. VR Raghunath
9. Kothajit Singh
10. Sumit
11. Surender Kumar
12. Gurjinder Singh
13. Amit Gowda
MIDFIELDERS
14. Danish Mujtaba
15. Chinglensana Singh
16. Manpreet Singh
17. Sardar Singh
18. Satbir Singh
19. Dharamvir Singh
20. SK Uthappa
21. Devinder Walmiki
22. Nithin Thimmaiah
FORWARDS
23. Affan Yousuf
24. Talwinder Singh
25. Mandeep Singh
26. SV Sunil
27. Lalit Upadhyay
28. Mohd. Amir Khan
29. Akashdeep Singh
30. Ramandeep Singh
31. Nikkin Thimmaiah
32. Malak Singh
33. Yuvraj Walmiki
The list of 32 junior men core probables for the camp includes:
GOALKEEPER
1. Pankaj Kumar Rajak
2. Suraj Karkera
3. Kishan B. Pathak
4. Vikas Dahiya
DEFENDER
5. Anand Lakra
6. Dipsan Tirkey
7. Gurinder Singh
8. Harmanpreet Singh
9. Varun Kumar
10. Neelam Sanjeep Xess
11. Pradeep Singh
12. Hardik Singh
13. Dharminder Singh
MIDFIELDER
14. Vikramjit Singh
15. Ajay Yadav
16. Baljeet Singh Boparai
17. Manpreet
18. Nilakanta Sharma
19. Santa Singh
20. Simranjeet Singh
21. Harjeet Singh
22. Manpreet Singh
23. Kanwardilraj Singh
24. Sunil
25. Shamsher Singh
FORWARD
26. Gurjant Singh
27. Sumit Kumar
28. Ajit Kumar Pandey
29. Armaan Qureshi
30. Parvinder Singh
31. Dilpreet Singh
32. Mohammad Umar