Head Coach Igor Stimac named a list of 25 for India’s campaign in the forthcoming Hero Intercontinental Cup
Indian National Team
Head Coach Igor Stimac named a list of 25 for India’s campaign in the
forthcoming Hero Intercontinental Cup slated to kick-off at the EKA Arena,
Ahmedabad from July 7.
Defending champions
India take on Tajikistan in their first match on the opening day, while Syria
and DPR Korea are the other two participating teams. All teams will play each
other once with the top two making it to the final. All matches kick-off at 8pm.
Stimac stated that “all
players worked really hard at the preparatory camp in Mumbai.”
“We are satisfied with
the execution of work for the past ten days,” he informed. “The players worked
really hard, and we are all very enthusiastic about our upcoming games,” he
added.
Indian Arrows defender
Narender Gahlot was named in the list along with Mandar Rao Dessai. The list
will be cut down to 23 prior to the kick-off of the tournament. The Blue Tigers
land in Ahmedabad tomorrow (July 6, 2019).
This is the first time
Gujarat is hosting a Senior Men’s International competition. Tickets for all
matches are up for sale at http://bit.ly/HICTickets
Stimac, who coached
Croatia to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 expressed, “all our work
has been programmed to get us in form for the qualifiers.” The Qatar 2022 FIFA
World Cup qualifiers kick-off in September, the draw for which is slated for
later this month.
“Once again, I will use
the upcoming games in the tournament to have a look at all the players in
action. Each one of them deserve the chance,” the Coach explained.
Stimac had summoned a
list of 35 players for the preparatory camp in Mumbai which had kicked-off in
Mumbai on June 25. The 10 players who were released include Vishal Kaith, Nishu
Kumar, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sarthak Golui, Anwar Ali, Raynier Fernandes, Michael
Soosairaj, Nikhil Poojary, Jackichand Singh, and Balwant Singh, while Ashique
Kuruniyan was earlier released from the camp.
The list of 25 stay as
follows:
GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet
Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.
DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal,
Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Anas Edathodika, Narender Gahlot,
Subhasish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala.
MIDFIELDERS: Udanta
Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Pronay Halder, Rowllin Borges, Vinit
Rai, Sahal Abdul, Amarjit Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Mandar Rao Desai.
FORWARDS: Jobby Justin,
Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary, Manvir Singh.