Indian Junior Men Hockey Team Announced for 3rd Sultan of Johar Cup at Johar Bahru, Malaysia

New Delhi, 3 September 2013: Hockey India today announces its Junior Men Hockey Team for the 3^rd Sultan of Johar Cup to be played at Johar Bahru, Malaysia from 22-29 September 2013.

Hockey India Selectors Mr. B P Govinda, Mr. Syed Ali, Dr. R P Singh and Mr. Gregg Clark, Foreign Coach Junior Men Team and Mr. Baljeet Singh Saini, Coach Junior Men Team alongwith Government Observer Harbinder Singh selected the list of 18 players with 9 standbys during the selection trials held at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi on 28-29 August 2013.

The 18 member squad will be Captained by midfielder Manpreet Singh while forward Affan Yousef will be the Vice-Captain.

Before departing for Malaysia, the junior men team will have their preparatory camp at Major Dhyanchand National Stadium in New Delhi from 7-17 September 2013.

The six nation tournament will feature Argentina, England, India, Korea, Malaysia and Pakistan. India finished as runners-up in the last edition of the tournament played in 2012.

Hockey India will be hosting the FIH Junior Men Hockey World Cup 2013 in New Delhi from06-15 December 2013.

List of the 18 players & 9 standbys is as under-

Goalkeepers

1. Harjot Singh

2. Sushant Tirkey

Defenders

3. Amit Rohidas

4. Jarmanpreet Singh

5. Kothajit Singh

6. Surender Kumar

7. Sukhmanjit Singh

8. Pardeep Mor

Midfielders

9.    Manpreet Singh (Captain)

10.  Prabhdeep Singh

11.  Harjit Singh

12.  Satbir Singh

13. Imran Khan

Forwards

14. Mandeep Singh

15. Amon Mirash Tirkey

16. Mohammad Amir Khan

17. Talwinder Singh

18. Affan Yousef (Vice-Captain)

Standbys

1. Jagdeep Dayal (Goalkeeper)

2. Dipsan Tirkey (Defender)

3. Gurmail Singh (Defender)

4. Stanli Minz (Midfielder)

5. Lalit Upadhayay (Midfielder)

6. S K Uthappa (Midfielder)

7. P L Thimmanna (Forward)

8. Ramandeep Singh (Forward)

9. Malak Singh (Forward)