Lama to lead India in tri- series
Sujai Lama of Services Sports Control Board will lead a 26- member India team to the Asian Rugby Championship 15s Division 2 in Pattaya, Thailand, from May 20 to 26.
The team has nine players each from Services and Haryana, three each from West Bengal and Delhi and one each from Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Tooru Jinguuji of Japan has been appointed coach of the team, while Manas Kumar Jena of Odisha is the manager.
India, Chinese Taipei and hosts Thailand will face off in a triangular series and battle for top honors at this championship. India will launch their campaign with a match against Thailand on May 20 followed by the second match against Chinese Taipei on May 23.
The Indian team is supported by Societe Generale, financial partner of Rugby India and is participating under the aegis of the Indian Rugby Football Union, the governing body for the sport in India. Team: Sujai Lama ( capt.), Jitendra Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Rohit Singh Sivach, Parvender Singh, Shokender Balyan, Surinder Singh, Divagar Yadav, Paramjeet Singh ( all SSCB); Mohit Khatri, Prince Khatri, Neeraj Khatri, Vikas Khatri, Sourabh Dubal, Deepak Punia, Anil Kumar, Surender Joon, Bhupendra Bokan ( all Haryana); Rakesh Lohchab, Nitin Dagar, Gautam Dagar ( all Delhi); Puspendu Tudu, Suraj Prasad, Akash Balmiki ( all West Bengal); Roshan Lobo ( Karnataka), Pradeep Jadhav ( Maharastra). Coach: Tooru Jinguuji.