Five Odisha players – Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Shilanand Lakra and Ashis Kumar Topno- have found place in the 34-member core probables named by Hockey India for Indian Men’s National Coaching Camp to begin from July 8 at Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.
According to Hockey India, the players will report to Chief Coach Graham Reid for the six-week camp, following which the team will travel to Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Test Event to be played between India, Japan, Malaysia and New Zealand, starting August 17.
“We will review our previous performance at the FIH Men’s Series Final Bhubaneswar and discuss among ourselves the shortcomings and how we can collectively improve our performance in the lead up to the Olympic Qualification in November. The next three-four months will be crucial and everything we do will be aimed at raising the bar in all aspects of the game,” said Chief Coach Graham Reid.
Core Probables List
GOALKEEPERS
1. P R Sreejesh
2. Suraj Karkera
3. Krishan Bahadur Pathak
DEFENDERS
4. Harmanpreet Singh
5. Birendra Lakra
6. Surender Kumar
7. Amit Rohidas
8. Varun Kumar
9. Rupinder Pal Singh
10. Gurinder Singh
11. Kothajit Singh Khadangbam
12. Nilam Sanjeep Xess
13. Jarmanpreet Singh
MIDFIELDERS
14. Manpreet Singh
15. Sumit
16. Nilakanta Sharma
17. Jaskaran Singh
18. Hardik Singh
19. Vivek Sagar Prasad
20. Ashis Kumar Topno
21. Yashdeep Siwach
22. Sayyad Niyaz Rahim
23. Raj Kumar Pal
FORWARDS
24. Mandeep Singh
25. Akashdeep Singh
26. Shilanand Lakra
27. Gursahibjit Singh
28. Shamsher Singh
29. Armaan Qureshi
30. Sumit Kumar
31. Simranjeet Singh
32. SV Sunil
33. Gurjant Singh
34. Ramandeep Singh
