New Delhi, 2 July 2013: In preparations for the 9th Men’s Asia Cup to be held at Ipoh, Malaysia from 24 August-01 September 2013, the training camp of the senior men core probables will be conducted at SAI Centre, Bangalore from 16 July-16 August 2013.
Hockey India Selectors B.P Govinda, Savitri Purty, Chief Coach Michael Nobbs and Scientific Advisor Jason Konrath alongwith Government Observer Harbinder Singh selected the 48 senior men core probables for the preparatory camp of the Asia Cup starting from 16 July 2013.
India is placed Pool B with Korea, Bangladesh and Oman while Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan and Chinese-Taipei are in Pool A. The 9th Asia Cup is also the qualification tournament for the FIH Men’s World Cup 2014 to be played in The Hague, The Netherlands from 31 May-15 June 2014.
The list of 48 senior men core probables includes 7 goalkeepers, 9 defenders, 12 midfielders and 20 forwards.
The List of 48 senior men core probables is as under:
Goalkeepers:
1. PR Sreejesh
2. PT Rao
3. Sreenivasa Rao Katharu
4. Nanak Singh
5. Naveen Kumar
6. Jagdeep Dayal
7. Abhinay Kumar Pandey
Defenders:
8. VR Raghunath
9. Rupinder Pal Singh
10. Harbir Singh Sandhu
11. Amit Rohidas
12. Sampath Kumar Maylaram
13. Gagandeep Singh
14. Dayananda Chanamthabam
15. Narinder Pal Singh
16. Gurmail Singh
Midfielders:
17. Sardar Singh
18. Manpreet Singh
19. M B Aiyappa
20. Kothajit Singh
21. Pardeep Mor
22. Vivek Dhar
23. Birendra Lakra
24. Jaspreet Singh
25. Simranjit Singh
26. Manjit Kullu
27. Vikas Pillay
28. Sumit
Forwards:
29. SV Sunil
30. Gurwinder Singh Chandi
31. Chinglensana Singh
32. Danish Mujtaba
33. SK Uthappa
34. Pradhan Sommanna
35. Nithin Thimmaiah
36. Dharamvir Singh
37. Akashdeep Singh
38. MG Poonacha
39. Prabhdeep Singh
40. PL Thimmanna
41. Sukhdev Singh
42. Gurpreet Singh
43. Jasjeet Singh
44. Nikin Thimmaiah
45. Harman Preet Singh
46. Manjinder Singh
47. M.K Muddappa
48. Gagandeep Singh