Junior men hockey probables pruned down to 33

NEW DELHI, October 30, 2012:  Hockey India Selection Committee has decided to prune down the list of junior men core group probables to 33 players during the three-day selection trials which concluded at the SAI Centre, Netaji Subash National Institute of Sports in Patiala on October 27.

Hockey India selectors Col. Balbir Singh, B.P Govinda and Thoaiba Singh as well as Government observer Harbinder Singh and coach Baljeet Singh Saini tested the fitness and performance of all players during the trials before pruning down the list of core probables from 48 to 33.

The selectors will announce the squad of 18 shortly to take part in the 2^nd Sultan of Johar Cup 2012 in Malaysia from November 11 to 18. The tournament will also feature Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and the hosts Malaysia.

List of 33 probables:

GOALKEEPERS

1. Keshav Dutt

2. Sushant Tirkey

3. Naveen Kumar

DEFENDERS

4. Chandan Singh

5. Gaganpreet Singh

6. Sukhmanjit Singh

7. Hans Raj

8. Gagandeep Singh

9. Varun Kumar

10. Lovedeep Singh

MIDFIELDERS

11. Jatinder Singh

12. Manish Bishnoi

13. Jarmanpreet Singh

14. Baljit Singh

15. Surender Kumar

16. Harjit Singh

17. Rockey Lohchab

18. Suresh Toppo

FORWARDS

19. Naveen Antil

20. Talwinder Singh

21. Tarandeep Singh

22. Amon Mirash Tirkey

23. Parvinder Singh

24. Vinit Kamble

25. Stanli Minz

26. Anup Valmiki

27. Mandeep Singh

28. Malak Singh

29. Satbir Singh

30. Rana Pratap

31. Aiyppa P.R Paradanda

32. Imran Khan

33. Raju Pal

Press release