Junior India team for the Six Nation Sultan Johor Cup to be held in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, from 05-12 November 2011, announced.

The other teams participating are Australia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and Pakistan. The tournament shall be played at Taman Daya Stadium, Johor Bahru on a round robin format with the final and other position matches on 12 November.

Selection Trials for the Indian team for this tournament were conducted at SAI Centre, Bangalore on 14 & 15 October and witnessed by Hockey India Selectors Col. Balbir Singh, BP Govinda and Syed Ali. The trials were conducted after all probables underwent the Medical Age Proof Verification tests as prescribed by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.

The following are the18 players and 07 standbys for this tournament –

GOALKEEPERS

Harmanpreet Singh
P. Naveen Kumar

DEFENDERS

Gurjinder Singh (Capt)

Amit Rohidas
M.Sampath Kumar

MIDFIELDERS

Pardeep Mor

Jarmanpreet Singh

Devindar Walmiki (Vice Capt)

Bipin Kishore Kerketta

Gurinder Singh

FORWARDS

P.L. Thimmanna

Satbir Singh

Malak Singh

Sukhdev Singh

Ranjit Singh

M. Gunasekar

Ramandeep Singh

Talwinder Singh

STANDBYS

Keshav Dutt (Goalkeeper)

Harpreet Singh (Defender)

Sumit Topno (Defender)

Jatinder Singh (Midfielder)

Harjeet Singh (Midfielder)

Mandeep Singh (Forward)
Imran Khan (Forward)

India Matches Schedule

05 Nov India v Korea

06 Nov India v Australia

08 Nov India v Pakistan

09 Nov India v New Zealand

11 Nov India v Malaysia

12 Nov Final and Classification Matches

Courtesy: Hockey India media release