Hockey India names 20-member team for Asia Cup

Hyderabad: Hockey India on Friday named the 20-member Indian men’s hockey team for the upcoming Hero men’s Asian Champions Trophy which is scheduled to be held from December 14 to 22. Defending Champions India begin their campaign on the opening day against Korea. In this edition, they will battle it out against Korea, Japan, Malaysia, […]

Hyderabad: Hockey India on Friday named the 20-member Indian men’s hockey team for the upcoming Hero men’s Asian Champions Trophy which is scheduled to be held from December 14 to 22.

Defending Champions India begin their campaign on the opening day against Korea. In this edition, they will battle it out against Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan and hosts Bangladesh in the single-pool tournament for top honours.

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Manpreet Singh will lead the side along with Harmanpreet Singh who will be his deputy.

Talking about the selection, Chief Coach (Men) Graham Reid said, “While selecting this team we now must have our eyes on the future. It takes a deep and strong squad to build sustained success so players have to be given opportunities to perform.”

“We have picked a team that has a good mix of experience and younger guys who will have their chance to show what they can do. It is a hectic match schedule and given the Covid situation FIH & AHF have allowed 18 players to be chosen each game out of a greater squad of 20. The Asian Champions Trophy is a World Class event that will provide all teams a fantastic opportunity to start the next Olympiad with much needed competition. We are looking forward to the challenge,” he added.

Squad: Goalkeepers   Krishan Bahadur Pathak and  Suraj Karkera; Defenders: 3. Harmanpreet Singh (vice-captain),  Gurinder Singh,  Jarmanpreet Singh,  Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar,  Nilam Sanjeep Xess,  Mandeep Mor; Midfielders:  Hardik Singh,  Manpreet Singh (captain),  Jaskaran Singh,  Sumit,  Rajkumar Pal, Akashdeep Singh,  Shamsher Singh; Forwards: Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Dilpreet Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra.

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