Preparatory Camp of the Senior Men Core Probables for the FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) to commence on 16 May

New Delhi, 14 May 2013: In preparations for the FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) to be held at Rotterdam, Netherlands from 13-23 June 2013, the training camp of the senior men core probables will commence at Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC), Bangalore on 16 May 2013. The camp will continue until 4 June 2013.

Indian men hockey team performed well in their recently concluded preparatory tour to The Netherlands. During this tour, the Indian team defeated the national side of the hosts twice and also played five games against top clubs of The Netherlands.

India qualified for the FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) by winning all the matches of the Round 2 tournament held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi in February. The FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) is a qualification tournament for the FIH Men’s World Cup 2014 to be held at The Hague, Netherlands.

The 33 senior men core probables for the preparatory camp are –

Goalkeepers:

1. PR Sreejesh

2. PT Rao

3. Sreenivasa Rao Katharu

4. Nanak Singh

Full Backs:

5. VR Raghunath

6. Sandeep Singh

7. Rupinder Pal Singh

8. Harbir Singh Sandhu

Half Backs:

9.   Sardar Singh

10. Kothajit Singh

11. Manpreet Singh

12. MB Aiyappa

13. Gurmail Singh

14. Vivek Dhar

Forwards:

15. SV Sunil

16. Gurvinder Singh Chandi

17. Chinglensana Singh

18. Shivendra Singh

19. Danish Mujtaba

20. SK Uthappa

21. Pradhan Sommanna

22. Nithin Thimmaiah

23. Yuvraj Walmiki

24. Dharamvir Singh

25. Akashdeep Singh

26. MG Poonacha

27. Amit Rohidas

28. Sampath Kumar Maylaram

29. Pardeep Mor

30. Prabhdeep Singh

31. PL Thimmanna

32. Sukhdev Singh

33. Gurpreet Singh