Senior Men Probables for future tournaments pruned down to 33

NEW DELHI, October 29: Pruned list of Core Group of men probables from 48 to 33 players after a three-day selection trials which concluded at the SAI Centre, Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports in Patiala on October 27.

Selectors Col. Balbir Singh, B.P Govinda and Thoiba 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

Source: Hockey India Press Release