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Pillay, Dhillon, Saini selected in Azlan Shah Cup Hockey camp
New Delhi, Nov 28: Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay, who was rested for the inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was today named in the 30-member probable list for the Azlan Shah Cup Tournament, starting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in January.
New Delhi, Nov 28: Mercurial forward Dhanraj Pillay,
who was rested for the inaugural Afro-Asian Games, was today
named in the 30-member probable list for the Azlan Shah Cup
Tournament, starting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in January.
The probable, who will attend the camp in Delhi and
Bangalore before the final selection for the January 8-18
tournament, also include veteran striker Baljit Singh Dhillon
and midfielder Baljit Singh Saini, two players who were rested
along with Pillay for the Hyderabad Games.
The IHF today named five goalkeepers, four full backs, 10
mid-fielders and 11 forwards in the list, which will be held
in Delhi from December 5 to 12 and at Bangalore from December
12 to January 5.
Rajinder Singh and Baldev Singh were retained as the chief coach and coach respectively while Sampath Kumar will be the physical trainer. A B Subbaiah will continue as the goal-keeping coach, IHF said in a press release.
Probables:
Goalkeepers: Devesh Chauhan, Bharat Chhetri, Kamaldeep Singh, Adrian D'souza, Shanmuga Sundaram.
Full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Harpal Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh, Dinesh Nayak.
Midfielders: Vikram Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha, Bimal Lakra, Len Aiyappa, Prabodh Tirkey, Baljit Singh Saini, Bipin Fernandes, Jaswinder Singh, Prabhdeep Singh.
Forwards: Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Michael, Arjun Halappa, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Dhanraj Pillay, Didar Singh, Tejbir Singh, Rajpal Singh, Girish Pimpale. Bureau Report
Rajinder Singh and Baldev Singh were retained as the chief coach and coach respectively while Sampath Kumar will be the physical trainer. A B Subbaiah will continue as the goal-keeping coach, IHF said in a press release.
Probables:
Goalkeepers: Devesh Chauhan, Bharat Chhetri, Kamaldeep Singh, Adrian D'souza, Shanmuga Sundaram.
Full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Harpal Singh, Kanwalpreet Singh, Dinesh Nayak.
Midfielders: Vikram Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, Viren Rasquinha, Bimal Lakra, Len Aiyappa, Prabodh Tirkey, Baljit Singh Saini, Bipin Fernandes, Jaswinder Singh, Prabhdeep Singh.
Forwards: Gagan Ajit Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh, Sandeep Michael, Arjun Halappa, Baljit Singh Dhillon, Dhanraj Pillay, Didar Singh, Tejbir Singh, Rajpal Singh, Girish Pimpale. Bureau Report