Preparatory Camp of the Indian Men Hockey Core Probable's team for the FIH Hockey World League Semi Final to start on 16th May in New Delhi
- Players from 5th National Championship make it for the all important camp
New Delhi, 15 May 2015: The Preparatory Camp of the Indian Men Core Probable's team commences at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi on 16th May and will continue till 9th June 2015. The camp is the groundwork for the upcoming FIH Hockey World League Semi-Final in Antwerp, Belgium from 20 June to 5 July 2015.
Forty-Eight players will be part of the initial camp starting 16th May 2015, wherein they will be gauged on their skills and how they play under pressure. Post a week training session of the camp, the top 33 core probable's will be identified along with the team for the Indian squad to play for the FIH Hockey World League Semi-Final in Belgium.
The 48 players are part of the initial camp will see players getting picked up from the recently culminated National Championship and include names like Akash Chikte who is a promising goalkeeper and was declared the one of the Upcoming Players of the Tournament for the Senior Men National Championship 2015. Besides him, goalkeeper Arpit Chaudhary and Abhinav Pandey have even made it to the 48 core probables.
Within the Defenders, Sunil Yadav and Midfielders Vikas Sharma and Imran Khan will feature in the camp. From the Forwards names like PR Ayiapa, Harasahib Singh, Jaskaran Singh, Vineet Kamble and Amir Khan get a chance to showcase their play under Indian Men Chief Coach Paul van Ass.
The Indian Men Team has gained a significant experience from the recently concluded India-Japan Test Series in Bhubaneswar where they won the series by 3-0. The Indian team experimented with new strategies and team combinations, which yielded them positive results.
Commenting on the new faces who will be part of the camp, Roelant Oltmans, Director High Performance, Hockey India said, “It is nice to see new boys getting a chance to prove their worth and potential. Each new player identified on the probable's list is from their performance during the Hockey India National Championships and their future potential to be part of the Indian squad. Their play was the key for us to select them for the camp and give them a chance to further refine their skills and experience.”
The FIH Hockey World League Semi Final will be held in Antwerp, Belgium from 20 June to 05 July 2015.
The List of 48 Senior Men Players
GOALKEEPERS
1 Parattu Raveendran Sreejesh
2 Harjot Singh
3 Arpit Chaudhary
4 Akash Chikte
5 Jaswant Singh
6 Abhinav Pandey
7 Sushant Tirkey
DEFENDERS
8 Gurbaj Singh
9 Rupinder Pal Singh
10 Raghunath Vokkalinga Ramachandra
11 Birendra Lakra
12 Kothjit Singh Khadangbam
13 Gurjinder Singh
14 Gurmail Singh
15 Sunil Yadav
16 Pradeep Mor
17 Amit Rohidas
18 Surinder Kumar
MIDFIELDERS
19 Manpreet Singh
20 S. K. Uthappa
21 Dharamvir Singh
22 Sardar Singh
23 Danish Mujtaba
24 Satbir Singh
25 Chinglensana Singh
26 Vikas Sharma
27 Imran Khan
28 M B Aiyappa
FORWARDS
29 Nikkin Thimmaiah
30 S.V. Sunil
31 Mandeep Singh
32 Akashdeep Singh
33 Ramandeep Singh
34 Lalit Upadhyay
35 Affan Yousuf
36 Yuvraj Walmiki
37 PR Ayiapa
38 Harsahib Singh
39 Jaskaran Singh
40 Vineet Kamble
41 Malak Singh
42 Mandeep Antil
43 Amir Khan
44 Prabhdeep Singh
45 Jasjit Singh Kular
46 Devinder Sunil Walmiki
47 Talwinder Singh
48 Nithin Thimmaiah
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