New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Hockey India on Sunday named a 39-member core possible group for the Senior Men’s National Coaching Camp scheduled to happen from August 21, 2023, to September 18, 2023, at SAI Centre in Bengaluru. The camp will function a possibility for the gamers to gear up for the all-important Hangzhou Asian Games, which is scheduled to be held from 23 September to eight October 2023 in China, as per a press launch from Hockey India.
The Indian Men’s Hockey Team will start their marketing campaign on the Hangzhou Asian Games towards Uzbekistan on September 24, 2023. India is positioned in Pool A together with Pakistan, Japan, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Uzbekistan. The Indian Team will head into the Asian Games excessive on confidence, having received the Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 just lately.
India have been unbeaten on the Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023, successful their first sport 7-2 towards China, drawing 1-1 towards Japan earlier than beating Malaysia 5-0 and successful towards South Korea 3-2. They additionally defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-0 in a group-stage sport. In the knockout spherical, India received towards Japan 5-0 within the Semi-Finals and staged a exceptional comeback within the Final of the match to win the match 4-3 and elevate the elusive title for the file fourth time.
The core-group of the National Coaching Camp consists of goalkeepers Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera, Pawan, and Prasant Kumar Chauhan, and defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh, Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Sanjay, Yashdeep Siwach, Dipsan Tirkey, and Manjeet.
The midfielders known as as much as the camp embrace Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Sumit, Akashdeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mohd. Raheel Mouseen, Maninder Singh, whereas the checklist of forwards consists of S. Karthi, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Shilanand Lakra, and Pawan Rajbhar.
Talking concerning the upcoming National Coaching Camp, Indian Men’s Hockey Team Chief Coach Craig Fulton mentioned, “Over the past few months, we have shown that we are growing as a team and learning constantly. The camp is an important one for us as we are spearheading our preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games which could be our road to securing a spot for theParis Olympics 2024. In the Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023, we played really good hockey and given the fact that we remained unbeaten in the tournament shows that we are heading in the right direction and we want to keep that going in upcoming tournaments.”Meanwhile, Indian Men’s Hockey Team Captain Harmanpreet Singh mentioned, “The camp will be an opportunity for us to work in certain areas and to work together as a unit. We displayed solid team performance in the Asian Champions Trophy Chennai 2023 and it is important for us to keep the same momentum going.”List of gamers in India’s 39-member core-probable group:Goalkeepers:1. Krishan Bahadur Pathak2. Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran3. Suraj Karkera4. Pawan5. Prashant Kumar ChauhanDefenders:6. Jarmanpreet Singh7. Surender Kumar8. Harmanpreet Singh9. Varun Kumar10. Amit Rohidas11. Gurinder Singh12. Jugraj Singh13. Mandeep Mor14. Nilam Sanjeep Xess15. Sanjay16. Yashdeep Siwach17. Dipsan Tirkey18. ManjeetMidfielders:19. Manpreet Singh20. Hardik Singh21. Vivek Sagar Prasad22. Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh23. Shamsher Singh24. Nilakanta Sharma25. Rajkumar Pal26. Sumit27. Akashdeep Singh28. Gurjant Singh29. Mohd. Raheel Mouseen30. Maninder SinghForwards: 31. S. Karthi32. Mandeep Singh33. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay34. Abhishek35. Dilpreet Singh36. Sukhjeet Singh37. Simranjeet Singh38. Shilanand Lakra39. Pawan Rajbhar. (ANI)