Drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh has been named as captain and Amit Rohidas as vice-captain of the Indian males’s hockey workforce for subsequent month’s FIH Odisha Hockey Males’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
India are in Group D with England, Spain and Wales within the 16-team competitors that can be held from January 13 to 29, 2023.
The workforce, strategically chosen after two-day trials in SAI Centre, Bengaluru the place 33 gamers had been put to check, incorporates a good mixture of skilled and younger gamers who will vie to finish India’s wait to face on the rostrum within the prestigious occasion, Hockey India knowledgeable in a launch on Friday.
Seasoned goalkeeper P.R Sreejesh, who can be enjoying his fourth World Cup and his third on house soil, together with Krishan B. Pathak have been picked as the 2 goalkeepers within the squad.
Captain Harmanpreet Singh and his deputy Amit Rohidas will spearhead the defence together with Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh and Nilam Sanjeep Xess.
Speaking in regards to the workforce choice, chief coach Graham Reid stated, “The World Cup is an important “Hockey Solely” event there may be. An house World Cup places additional significance and additional stress on this occasion like no different.”
“Each nation chooses the most effective workforce they imagine is offered to them on the time and tries to supply their workforce with the most effective preparation they’ll. We have now additionally tried to do each with the collection of our Indian World Cup workforce, selecting a combination of skilled and youthful thrilling gamers who can present one thing particular,” Reid was quoted as saying in a launch on Friday.
“We have now additionally had nice preparation over the past two months together with a house Professional League collection and a really powerful tour to Australia aga’nst the World’s No.1. We’re trying ahead to attending to Odisha and placing the ending touches to our preparations for what can be an thrilling and difficult event forward,” Reid said.
India will start their World Cup marketing campaign in opposition to Spain on January 13 in Rourkela adopted by their second Group D match in opposition to England. They’ll play their subsequent preliminary league match in opposition to Wales at Bhubaneswar, which will even host the Crossover and quarterfinal matches between January 22-25.
Indian Males’s Hockey Staff for FIH World Cup 2023:
Goalkeeper – Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
Defender – Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Vice Captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess
Midfielder – Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh
Ahead – Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh
Alternate Gamers – Rajkumar Pal, Jugraj Singh
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