Published:May 18, 2017 2:36 pm
The Indian Hockey squad for the upcoming 3 Nations Invitational Tournament and Hockey World League. (Source: Hockey India)
Manpreet Singh has been named the captain of the Indian hockey team that will leave for Germany’s 3 Nations Invitational Tournament, followed by England’s World League Semifinal.
The announcement comes in after the regular captain and goalkeeper P R Sreejesh was ruled out for the series and HWL due to knee injury.
India is set to play Germany and Belgium in the 3 Nations Invitational tournament and are clubbed with Canada, Netherlands, Pakistan and Scotland for the tournament in London.
Goalkeepers Akash Chikte and Vikas Dahiya will fill in for Sreejesh, who sustained an injury while playing against Australia at the 26th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Tournament. The line-up sees Ramandeep Singh back in the attacking zone.
Coach Roelant Oltmans said, “The idea was to bring in a couple of changes in positions after Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. Like I had said before, there are three tours this year including Azlan Shah Cup where we would like to give opportunities to younger players.”
“Though we are taking a few players who are not that experienced, we still want to do well and the aim is to finish in Top 2 at the Men’s Hockey World League Semi Final and I look forward to see how the boys will perform against big teams.”
The Squad:
Goalkeepers: Akash Chikte, Vikas Dahiya
Defenders: Pardeep Mor, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Rupinderpal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh
Midfielders: Chinglensana Singh Kangujam (Vice Captain), S K Uthappa, Satbir Singh, Sardar Singh, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Harjeet Singh
Forwards: Ramandeep Singh, SV Sunil, Talwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh.
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