Hockey India names 34-players for Senior Men's National Camp ahead of season opener

New Delhi, 16 February 2019: Hockey India on Saturday named a list of 34-players for the Senior Men’s National Camp to begin at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru on 18 February to prepare for the season’s first tournament — 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia starting on 23 March 2019.

Hockey India has retained all 18 players in the Indian Team that took part at the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 for the month-long Camp that concludes on 18 March 2019.

The list also features Sultan of Johor Cup Silver-medal winning India Colts ShilanandLakra, Suman Beck, MandeepMor, YashdeepSiwach, Vishal Antil and Gursahabjit Singh who had figured in the 34-member Camp for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018.  The youngsters have been credited for showing continued improvement and potential to match the standards at the Senior level.

Goalkeepers PR Sreejesh, SurajKarkera and Krishan Bahadur Pathak have been named in the group along with Defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Varun Kumar, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Pardeep Singh, Suman Beck, MandeepMor, BirendraLakra and Rupinder Pal Singh.

Midfielders Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Simranjit Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, VivekSagar Prasad, YashdeepSiwach and Vishal Antil have been called up.  And among forwards, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Sumit Kumar, Gursahabjit Singh, ShilanandLakra and SV Sunil.

“The team for the 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be selected from this core group of 34 players after a selection trial i  s held in Bengaluru in the last week of February. I am happy to note that the junior players who have recently been inducted into the Senior Camp have shown significant improvement and that the depth in the group is strong.” expressed David John, High Performance Director, Hockey India.

List of Campers

Goalkeepers: 

1. PR Sreejesh

2. Suraj Karkera

3. Krishan Bahadur Pathak

Defenders: 

4. Harmanpreet Singh

5. Gurinder Singh

6. Varun Kumar

7. Kothajit Singh Khadangbam

8. Surender Kumar

9. Amit Rohidas

10. Jarmanpreet Singh

11. Pardeep Singh

12. Suman Beck

13. Mandeep Mor

14. BirendraLakra

15. Rupinder Pal Singh

Midfielders: 

16. Manpreet Singh

17. Chinglensana Singh Kangujam

18. Sumit

19. Simranjit Singh

20. Nilakanta Sharma

21. Hardik Singh

22. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay

23. Vivek Sagar Prasad

24. Yashdeep Siwach

25. Vishal Antil

Forwards: 

26. Akashdeep Singh

27. Ramandeep Singh

28. Gurjant Singh

29. Mandeep Singh

30. Dilpreet Singh

31. Sumit Kumar

32. Gursahabjit Singh

33. ShilanandLakra

34. SV Sunil