Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Hockey News

At the FIH Hockey Series Final 2019, Bhubaneswar, India

Indian Team
Goalkeepers: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak
Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra (Vice Captain), Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh(Captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma
Forwards: Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Simranjit Singh

Again usual deadwood r in the team; likes of Amit Rohidas, Mandeep and Akashdeep ... A surprising inclusion of Ramandeep but we will be missing youngsters like Dipsan Tirkey, Sumit Kumar and Shilanand Lakra.

The FIH Hockey Series Final is announced is the first step in the Tokyo Olympic qualification process ... The top 2 teams from this Bhubaneswar tournament will progress to the Olympic qualifiers, which is scheduled for later this year.

India is in the Pool A with Russia, Poland and Uzbekistan and Japan, Mexico, US and South Africa r in the Pool B ... India will play their first match against Russia on the 6th of June.

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