Prabhjot, Thakur not in Azlan Shah probables

Senior Indian forwards Prabhjot Singh and Deepak Thakur were today dropped from the list of 45 probables selected to attend the coaching camp at Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune for the 19th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup International hockey tournament in Malaysia. A six-member selection committee met here today and finalised the list of players which includes six goalkeepers, seven fullbacks, 16 mid-fielders and as many forwards.

The camp, starting April 13, will continue till the departure of the Indian team for the Azlan Shah Cup starting at Ipoh, Malaysia on May 6. Today’s meeting was attended by Col Balbir Singh, Munneer Sait, B P Govinda and Sita Mehta (selectors) and Ajitpal Singh and Zafar Iqbal (govt observers).

The following is the list of probables: Goalkeepers : Adrian D’ Souza, Sreejesh PR, B Chetri, D Ekka, Jaswinder, Gurpreet. Fullbacks : Sandeep, V Raghunath, Diwakar, Mahadik, Rupinder, A Prabhakar, S Yadav. Midfielders : Gurbaj, V Pillay, P Tirkey, S Singh, Ravi, V Pillay, A Roy, V S Vinaya, B Lakra, V Sharma, Virenderjit, Amardeep, Rajesh, Preetinder, Jasjeet, Vikas. Forwards : T Khandkar, Shivendra, Rajpal, A Halappa, R Minz, G S Chandi, Hari Prasad, S V Sunil, B Toppo, B Chikara, Dharamvir, M Antil, M A Khan, D Mujtaba, Sarvanjit, S Arumugam. — PTI