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18-member hockey team named for Azlan Shah
Published on Sat, May 03, 2008 at 17:49, Updated at Sat, May 03, 2008 in Sports section
Tags: Hockey, Sultan Azlan Shah , New Delhi
GOING ALONG: India team Technical Director Ric Charlesworth will accompany the team as adviser.
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New Delhi: Drag-flicker Sandeep Singh made a comeback in the 18-member Indian team announced on Friday for the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament in Malaysia with junior players making up half of the squad.
Eight players, who are in Australia for the second leg of Four Nation tournament, were included for the May 8-18 event in Ipoh while the remaining are youngsters. Tushar Khandekar will lead the team.
Rajpal Singh and Prabhjot Singh were left out just as Ignace Tirkey, VS Vinaya and Birendra Lakra will return home from Australia.
Penalty corner specialist VR Raghunath will also miss the tournament and he will be replaced by young Diwakar Ram.
The new selection committee did a balancing act by naming Joaquim Carvalho as observer while giving the reigns of the team to junior team coach AK Bansal.
India team Technical Director Ric Charlesworth will accompany the team as adviser.
Team: Baljeet Singh, PR Sreejesh, Diwakar Ram, Sandeep Singh, Innocent Kullu, Sameer Baxla, Sarvanjit Singh, Ranjeet Singh, Bikram Kanth, Sardara Singh, AB Cheeyana, Vivek, SV Sunil, Gurvinder Singh, Tushar Khandekar, Shivender Singh, Mandeep Antil, Gurbaj Singh.
Officials: AK Bansal (chief coach), Ric Charlseworth (Adviser), RK Shetty (Manager), Joaquiam Carvalho (Observer), Rajesh Chauhan (Coach), Ramesh Parameshwaran (Asst. Coach), Shrikant Iyenger (Physio), MV Mathai (Trainer).
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Best wishes to Tushar Khandekar and his boys.
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