Rajpal, Surinder to lead hockey teams

Tribune News Service

Rajpal Singh and Surinder Kaur will lead the Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams for the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. The 16-member men’s team does not include Prabjhot Singh, and has only one goal-keeper.

Hockey India announced here today that the team was selected after trials conducted at Balewadi, Pune, by Col Balbir Singh, BP Govinda, Government nominees Ajit Pal Singh and Zafar Iqbal, foreign coach Jose Brasa and national coach Harender Singh. The women’s team was selected after trials held at Patiala in the presence of Col Balbir Singh, Sita Mehta, Roopa Saini, Ajitpal Singh and Zafar Iqbal.