NEW DELHI: Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh has been named captain for the forthcoming Test hockey
series against Argentina and the four-nation Punjab G
old Cup in Chandigarh from January 31 to February 9.

Veteran Dilip Tirkey was also called backed in the 18-member squad for the two tournaments.

The Indian team will travel to Argentina for four Tests to be played on January 18, 19, 21, and 22. Harendra Singh will be the coach in-charge for the tour.

The other teams taking part in the Punjab Gold Cup tournament are Olympic champions Germany, Holland and New Zealand.

Squad:

Adrian D’Souza, Dilip Tirkey, V Raghunath, Sandeep Singh, Prabodh Tirkey, Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur, Sarvanjit Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Tushar Khandekar, Rajpal Singh, Baljit Singh, Hari Prasad, Shivendra Singh, Ravi Pal, Vikas Pillay, VS Vinay, Bharat.