Junior Team for 4th Sultan of Johor Cup 2014 announced

New Delhi, 22 September 2014: Hockey India today announced the Indian Junior Men Hockey team for 4th Sultan of Johor Cup scheduled to take place in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from 12-19 October 2014.

Acording to a press release by HI, the 18 member team was selected by selectors Mr. B P Govinda, Mr. Harbinder Singh and Dr. R P Singh alongwith Mr. Harendra Singh, Coach of Junior Men Hockey Team, Mr. B J Kariappa, Coach and Mr .Vinod Kumar, Physiotherapist on the basis of the performance of 33 junior men core probables during the selection trials conducted for last two days in New Delhi.

The team has experienced hands in Harjeet Singh, Imran Khan, Gurinder Singh and Jarmanpreet Singh, who had already played in some senior tournaments.

Midfielder Harjeet Singh will be the captain

The 4th Sultan of Johor Cup will see a total of six teams, which includes Australia, Great Britain, India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Malaysia. The classification matches and the finals of the tournament are scheduled to be played on 19 October 2014.

Defending champions India will be looking forward to retain the title this year. Facing New Zealand in the opening match on 12 October 2014, India will be going head on with Great Britain on 13 October, followed by Pakistan on 15 October, Malaysia on 16 October and Australia on 18 October 2014.

The preparatory camp for the 4th Sultan of Johor Cup is currently underway at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi since 13 September 2014 and will continue till the departure of the team on 9 October 2014.

Goalkeepers

Abhinav Kumar Pandey

Subodh Tirkey

Defenders

Harmanpreet Singh

Jarmanpreet Singh

Dipsan Tirkey

Anand Lakra

Varun Kumar

Gurinder Singh

Midfielders

Santa Singh

Sumit

Harjeet Singh (Captain)

SH. Nilkantha Sharma

Simranjeet Singh

Forwards

Imran Khan (Vice-Captain)

Parvinder Singh

Pawan Kumar

Aarman Qureshi

Sumit Kumar