SREEJESH AMONG 34 NAMED FOR NATIONAL CAMP

New Delhi: Hockey India on Saturday named 34 players for the senior men’s national camp, beginning February 18 at the SAI, Bengaluru, to prepare for the season’s first tournament — Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia from March 23. Hockey India has retained all 18 players of the World Cup team last December. The list features Sultan of Johor Cup silvermedal winning India Colts player Shilanand Lakra “The team for the Azlan Shah Cup will be selected from this core group of 34 players after a selection trial in the last week of February. I am happy to note that the junior players who have recently been inducted into the senior camp have shown significant improvement,” said high performance director David John. List of campers: Goalkeepers: P.R. Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera, Krishan Bahadur Pathak. Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Gurinder Singh, Varun Kumar, Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Surender Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jarmanpreet Singh, Pardeep Singh, Suman Beck, Mandeep Mor, Birendra Lakra, Rupinder Pal Singh. Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Simranjit Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Yashdeep Siwach, Vishal Antil. Forwards: Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Sumit Kumar, Gursahabjit Singh, Shilanand Lakra, S.V. Sunil.