NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Thursday announced a list of 60 players selected for the Seniors National Camp starting January 3rd in Bengaluru.
Players were selected based on their performance in the recently concluded Senior National Championship, Junior Men National Championship and other national events approved by Hockey India.
The 60-strong list will be reduced to 33 players ahead of the team’s preparations for the 2022 FIH Pro League games.
“We are already in the new Olympic cycle so everything is starting from scratch. It is really important to move forward and start over,” said India head coach Graham Reid.
“With the FIH Pro League coming up, the 2022 Asian Games and various other high profile tournaments going to be very important for us to have a strong pool of 33 people to prepare for the challenging 2022 season.”
Selected players:
Goalkeeper: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak, Suraj Karkera, Prashant Kumar Chauhan, Pawan, Kamalbir Singh, Pankaj Kumar Rajak, Ayush Dwivedi
Defender:Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Dipsan Tirkey, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay, Yashdeep Siwach, Dinachandra Singh Moirangthem, Abhisek Lakra, Manjeet, Para
Midfield player:Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Sumit, Hardik Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Mareeswaran Sakthivel, Biju Ekka, Sheshe Gowda BM, Ashis Kumar Topno, Jugra Bhara, Keshav Tyhanagi,
Forward: Simranjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Dilpreet Singh, Maninder Singh, S. Karthi, Prabhjot Singh, Pardeep Singh, Abhishek, Moh Abharan. Sudev, Moh Abharan. Raheel, Sukhjeet Singh; Pawan Rajbhar, Mohd Umar