Five Odisha Hockey Players Picked For National Camp In Bengaluru

Five Odisha players – Birendra Lakra, Amit Rohidas, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Shilanand Lakra and Ashis Kumar Topno- have found place in the 34-member core probables named by Hockey India for Indian Men’s National Coaching Camp to begin from July 8 at Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.

According to Hockey India, the players will report to Chief Coach Graham Reid for the six-week camp, following which the team will travel to Japan for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Test Event to be played between India, Japan, Malaysia and New Zealand, starting August 17.

“We will review our previous performance at the FIH Men’s Series Final Bhubaneswar and discuss among ourselves the shortcomings and how we can collectively improve our performance in the lead up to the Olympic Qualification in November. The next three-four months will be crucial and everything we do will be aimed at raising the bar in all aspects of the game,” said Chief Coach Graham Reid.

Core Probables List

GOALKEEPERS

1.    P R Sreejesh

2.    Suraj Karkera

3.    Krishan Bahadur Pathak

DEFENDERS

4.    Harmanpreet Singh

5.    Birendra Lakra

6.    Surender Kumar

7.    Amit Rohidas

8.    Varun Kumar

9.    Rupinder Pal Singh

10.  Gurinder Singh

11.  Kothajit Singh Khadangbam

12.  Nilam Sanjeep Xess

13.  Jarmanpreet Singh

MIDFIELDERS

14.  Manpreet Singh

15.  Sumit

16.  Nilakanta Sharma

17.  Jaskaran Singh

18.  Hardik Singh

19.  Vivek Sagar Prasad

20.  Ashis Kumar Topno

21.  Yashdeep Siwach

22.  Sayyad Niyaz Rahim

23.  Raj Kumar Pal

FORWARDS

24.  Mandeep Singh

25.  Akashdeep Singh

26.  Shilanand Lakra

27.  Gursahibjit Singh

28.  Shamsher Singh

29.  Armaan Qureshi

30.  Sumit Kumar

31.  Simranjeet Singh

32.  SV Sunil

33.  Gurjant Singh

34.  Ramandeep Singh

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