Senior Men Team Announced for the 9th Men’s Asia Cup 2013

New Delhi, 11 August 2013: Hockey India announces its Senior men team for the 9^th Men’s Asia Cup 2013 to held at Ipoh, Malaysia from 24 August to 1 September 2013.

Hockey India Selectors Mr. B P Govinda, Dr. R P Singh and Mr. Arjun Halappa, Director High Performance & Interim Chief Coach, Senior Men Team Mr. Roelant Oltmans, Coach, M K Kaushik and Scientific Advisor Mr. Jason Konrath alongwith the Government Observer Mr. Harbinder Singh selected the list of 18 players during the selection trials conducted at SAI Centre, Bangalore from 25-27 July 2013.

The 18 member squad will be Captained by midfielder Sardar Singh while goalkeeper P R Sreejesh will be the Vice-Captain.

India is placed in Pool B with Korea, Bangladesh and Oman while Pakistan, Malaysia, Japan and Chinese-Taipei are placed in Pool A. India will open its campaign against Oman on 24 August 2013 followed by Korea on 26 August and Bangladesh on 28 August.

There will be a live telecast of all the matches of Asia Cup on ESPN Star Sports.

List of 18 players is as under-

Goalkeepers

1. P R  Sreejesh (Vice-Captain)

2. P T Rao

Defenders

3.  V R Raghunath

4.  Rupinder Pal Singh

5.  Amit Rohidas

6.  Kothajit Singh

7.  Birendra Lakra

8.  Gurmail Singh

Midfielders

9.   Sardar Singh (Captain)

10.  Manpreet Singh

11.  Chinglensana Singh

12.  Dharamvir Singh

13.  S K Uthappa

Forwards

14.  Ramandeep Singh

15.  Nithin Thimmaiah

16.  Mandeep Singh

17.  Malak Singh

18.  Nikin Thimmaiah