NEW DELHI: Hockey India (HI) today announced the Indian Men Hockey squad for the upcoming nine-day New Zealand tour, scheduled to begin from October 2.
India will play total six games in the tour. The first two games will be played against New Zealand A, while the remaining against New Zealand’s National squad. Speaking on the upcoming tournament Roelant Oltmans Director, High Performance and India Men Chief Coach said, the boys are looking forward to the tournament ahead and are confident of a positive show. Also, Dave Staniforth recently holding a three-week goalkeeping camp has got the goalkeepers pepped up and are waiting to exhibit learning under the bar.
”It is motivating to see a squad which oozes confidence. The team in the last couple of weeks has worked upon team coordination and passes. The idea is to convert when in the D and not to lose out on those moments,” he added. Team:
Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh (Vice-Captain), Harjot Singh Defenders: Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh, VR Raghunath, Jasjit Singh Kular, Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurjinder Singh Midfielders: Sardar Singh (Captain), Chinglensana Singh, SK Uthappa, Satbir Singh, Devinder Walmiki , Manpreet Singh, Dharamvir Singh
Forwards: SV Sunil, Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Nikkin Thimmaiah. (agencies)
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