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For SAFF Cup our 20 members U23 squad is announced.

India Under-23
Goalkeepers - Arindam Bhattacharya (Churchill Brothers SC), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC)

Defenders - Nirmal Chetri (East Bengal Club), Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Robert Lalthalma (Churchill Brothers SC), Dharmaraj Ravanan (Mahindra United), Rowilson Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers SC), Ravinder Singh (Air India), Thokchom Naoba Singh (Churchill Brothers SC)

Midfielders - Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), Manish Maithani (Mohun Bagan AC), Sheikh Jewel Raja (Dempo SC), Baldeep Singh Jr (JCT), Jagpreet Singh (JCT), Khangebam Jeevan Singh (East Bengal Club)

Forwards - Jeje Lalpeklua (Pune FC), Balwant Singh (JCT), Jagtar Singh (Tata Football Academy), Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United)

Coach - Sukhvinder Singh (Coach)
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Draw of the 2010 AFC Challenge Cup to be played in Sri Lanka next February was held at Colombo ... Defending champions India r in 'Group of Death' ... They r in Group B with World Cup qualifiers North Korea, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan ... Other hand Group A looks weaker with teams Tajikistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and hosts Sri Lanka.

Tournament winner will gain a place in the 2011 Asian Cup, India is already qualified by winning the tournament last year ... So if we able to defend title then the runners-up will qualify for the continental championships in Qatar ... As we r already qualified so we r sending our U-23 team for exposure before Asiad.