Hockey India Selection Committee has decided to prune down the list of Core Group Men probables to 33 players during the three-day selection trials which concluded at the SAI Centre, Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports in Patiala on October 27.
Hockey India Selectors Col. Balbir Singh, B.P Govinda and Thoaiba Singh as well as Government Observer Harbinder Singh and Chief Coach Michael Nobbs tested the fitness and performance of all players before pruning down the list of core probables from 48 to 33 so as to build strong team for the future.
The selectors will announce the squad of 18 shortly for the Lanco International Super Series in Perth (November 22 to 25), the FIH Champions Trophy in Melbourne (December 1 to 9) and the second Asian Men’s Champions Trophy in Doha (December 20 to 27).
List of 33 players is as under-
GOAL KEEPERS
1. PR Sreejesh
2. PT Rao
3. Srenivas Rao
FULLBACKS
4. VR Raghunath
5. Sandeep Singh
6. Rupinderpal Singh
7. Harbir Singh
8. Amit Rohidas
9. Sampath Kumar Maylaram
HALF BACKS
10. Sardar Singh
11. Kothajit Singh
12. Birendra Lakra
13. Manpreet Singh
14. MB Aiyappa
15. Pradeep Mor
16. Gurmail Singh
17. Vivek Dhar
FORWARDS
18. SV Sunil
19. Gurvinder Singh Chandi
20. Chinglensana Singh
21. Shivendra Singh
22. Danish Mujtaba
23. S.K. Uthappa
24. Pradhanna Sommanna
25. Nithin Thimmaiah
26. Yuvraj Walmiki
27. Dharamvir Singh
28. Akashdeep Singh
29. MG Poonacha
30. Prabhdeep Singh
31. PL Thimmanna
32. Sukhdev Singh
33. Gurpreet Singh
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