Heroes of the last golden patch Indian hockey has had — that was when India won four out of six tournaments including the first ever Asia Cup in 2003 – have been recalled. Premier Hockey League hero Arjun Halappa, workhorse Vikram Pillay — he must be happy his younger brother Vikas also made the cut — Vinaya, Hari Prasad, Deepak Thakur are back in the reckoning.

Giving a semblance of activity, which was conspicuous for its absence, the
Ad-hoc Committee running the hockey affairs in the country has announced the team for the Punjab Gold Cup to be held in Jalandhar
late next month.

Goalkeepers

Baljit Singh
Adrian D’Souza

Full Backs

Dilip Tirkey
Sandeep Singh
V. Raghunath

Midfielders

Gurbaj Singh
V.S. Vinaya
Sardar Singh
Vikram Pillay
Prabodh Tirkey
Vikas Pillay

Forwards

Rajpal Singh
Tushar Khandkar
Prabhjot Singh
Deepak Thakur
Bharat Chhikara
Arjun Halappa
Shivendra Singh
S.V. Sunil
Ravi Pal Singh
Sarwanjit Singh
Hari Prasad

Standbyes

P.R. Sreejesh
Bharat Chetri
William Xalxo
Samir Baxla
Ajitesh Rai
Ignace Tirkey
Senthil Kumar
Gurvinder Singh Chandi
Birender Lakra
Bikas Toppo
Roshan Minz
Osaf ur Rehman

Officials

Harendra Singh (Coach in Charge)
Ramandeep Singh (Coach)
Romeo James (Coach)
Srikant Iyengar (Physiotherapist)
M.V. Mathai (Trainer)