~The staff can be Captained by Harmanpreet Singh and Vice Captained by Hardik Singh; Araijeet Singh Hundal and Boby Singh Dhami have been included within the senior staff~
New Delhi, 10 January 2024: Hockey India on Wednesday introduced the 26-member Indian Males’s Crew for a 4 Nation Tour in Cape City, South Africa beginning twenty second January 2024. The match will function France, Netherlands, India and hosts South Africa.
The Indian Crew can be led by Harmanpreet Singh and FIH Participant of the 12 months winner Hardik Singh will shoulder the tasks of Vice Captain. Kids Araijeet Singh Hundal and Boby Singh Dhami have been included within the squad following a powerful outing with the Junior Indian aspect.
Goalkeepers PR Sreejesh, Krishan Pathak and Pawan have been included within the squad together with defenders Jarmanpreet Singh, Jugraj Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Sumit, Sanjay and Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem.
Midfielders chosen within the staff are Vivek Sagar Prasad, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Shamsher Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Hardik Singh and Manpreet Singh. The forwardline options Mandeep Singh, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Akashdeep Singh, Araijeet Singh Hundal, Boby Singh Dhami.
Talking in regards to the South Africa Tour, Chief Coach Craig Fulton mentioned, “We’re fairly excited to get on with the season within the Olympic yr with the South Africa Tour the place we’ll play high quality groups. We’ve got chosen a giant squad with a purpose to give gamers publicity and it’ll additionally give me a chance to see a number of the gamers in competitors mode forward of the FIH Hockey Professional League. We’ve got a brief camp in SAI, Bengaluru earlier than we go away for the Tour. We’ve got additionally included two younger gamers within the Senior aspect, and it will likely be fascinating to look at them adapt to the extent we play.”
Indian Crew for South Africa:
GOALKEPERS
1. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran
2. Krishan Bahadur Pathak
3. Pawan
DEFENDERS
4. Jarmanpreet Singh
5. Jugraj Singh
6. Amit Rohidas
7. Harmanpreet Singh (C)
8. Varun Kumar
9. Sumit
10. Sanjay
11. Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem
MIDFIELDERS
12. Vivek Sagar Prasad
13. Nilakanta Sharma
14. Rajkumar Pal
15. Shamsher Singh
16. Vishnukant Singh
17. Hardik Singh (VC)
18. Manpreet Singh
FORWARDS
19. Mandeep Singh
20. Abhishek
21. Sukhjeet Singh
22. Gurjant Singh
23. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay
24. Akashdeep Singh
25. Araijeet Singh Hundal
26. Boby Singh Dhami