Hockey India (HI) on Monday
announced 18-member squads for
both India men and women's teams
for the 12th South Asian Games (SAG)
to be held in Guwahati and Shillong
from February 5 to 16.
The tournament will see India
women play Sri Lanka and Nepal
while the men's team will be
competing against Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and arch rivals Pakistan. The
matches will be hosted at Maulana
Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium,
Bhetapara in Guwahati from February
7 to 14.
The women's team will play under
the guidance of chief coach Neil
Hawgood and will be led by Ritu
Rani. The team will see Yogita Bali
and Sonal Minz guard the goal posts
while Jaspreet Kaur, Renuka Yadav,
Gurjeet Kaur, Hnialum Lal Ruat Feli,
Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam and
Ponnamma Mallamada Narendra will
form the defensive wall.
Captain Ritu along with Deepika,
Sonica, Preeti Dubey and Shyama
Tirgam will form the midfield while
Rani, Jyoti Gupta, Punam Barla, Neha
Goyal and Soundarya Yendala will
form the forward line.
"This tournament is of key
importance in our scheme of things.
Having secured the Olympic berth, it
is important for us to play as many
international games as possible and
the SAG also allows us to try new
players, giving us a much wider
spread of talent to choose from for
the upcoming Rio Olympics," said
Hawgood.
The men's team under coach B.J.
Kariappa will have Mandeep Antil as
captain. Vikas Dahiya and Pankaj
Rajak have been chosen as
goalkeepers while Gaganpreet
Singh, Chiyanna A.B., Sukhmanjeet
Singh, Nilam Sanjib Xess, Ajitesh Roy
and the experienced Gurbaj Singh
will form the defence line.
The midfield line includes Manpreet
Singh, Mangal Singh Chahal, Vikas
Chaudhary, Ajay Yadav and Pradhan
Sommanna P. In the forward line
Mohd. Umar, Anup Amarpal Valmiki,
Mandeep Antil, P.L. Thimmanna,
Gagandeep Singh and Ajit Kumar
Pandey will be strikers for India.
"The team has been together in the
camp for quite some time now and
the boys are quite upbeat about
putting up a strong show. We hope
to convert our silver at the last
edition into gold this year and will
surely put on display our best game,"
said Kariappa.
The squads:
Women's team:
Goalkeepers: Yogita Bali, Sonal Minz
Defenders: Jaspreet Kaur, Renuka
Yadav, Gurjeet Kaur, Hnialum Lal Ruat
Feli, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam,
Ponnamma Mallamada Narendra.
Midfielders: Ritu Rani (captain),
Deepika (vice-captain), Sonica,
Preeti Dubey, Shyama Tirgam
Forwards: Rani, Jyoti Gupta, Punam
Barla, Neha Goyal, Soundarya
Yendala.
Men's team:
Goalkeepers: Vikas Dahiya, Pankaj
Rajak
Defenders: Gaganpreet Singh,
Chiyanna A.B., Sukhmanjeet Singh,
Nilam Sanjib Xess, Ajitesh Roy (vice-
captain), Gurbaj Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh Mangal
Singh Chahal, Vikas Chaudhary, Ajay
Yadav, Pradhan Sommanna P.
Forwards: Mohd. Umar, Anup
Amarpal Valmiki, Mandeep Antil, P.L.
Thimmanna, Gagandeep Singh, Ajit
Kumar Pandey. Redirect Notice
announced 18-member squads for
both India men and women's teams
for the 12th South Asian Games (SAG)
to be held in Guwahati and Shillong
from February 5 to 16.
The tournament will see India
women play Sri Lanka and Nepal
while the men's team will be
competing against Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and arch rivals Pakistan. The
matches will be hosted at Maulana
Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium,
Bhetapara in Guwahati from February
7 to 14.
The women's team will play under
the guidance of chief coach Neil
Hawgood and will be led by Ritu
Rani. The team will see Yogita Bali
and Sonal Minz guard the goal posts
while Jaspreet Kaur, Renuka Yadav,
Gurjeet Kaur, Hnialum Lal Ruat Feli,
Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam and
Ponnamma Mallamada Narendra will
form the defensive wall.
Captain Ritu along with Deepika,
Sonica, Preeti Dubey and Shyama
Tirgam will form the midfield while
Rani, Jyoti Gupta, Punam Barla, Neha
Goyal and Soundarya Yendala will
form the forward line.
"This tournament is of key
importance in our scheme of things.
Having secured the Olympic berth, it
is important for us to play as many
international games as possible and
the SAG also allows us to try new
players, giving us a much wider
spread of talent to choose from for
the upcoming Rio Olympics," said
Hawgood.
The men's team under coach B.J.
Kariappa will have Mandeep Antil as
captain. Vikas Dahiya and Pankaj
Rajak have been chosen as
goalkeepers while Gaganpreet
Singh, Chiyanna A.B., Sukhmanjeet
Singh, Nilam Sanjib Xess, Ajitesh Roy
and the experienced Gurbaj Singh
will form the defence line.
The midfield line includes Manpreet
Singh, Mangal Singh Chahal, Vikas
Chaudhary, Ajay Yadav and Pradhan
Sommanna P. In the forward line
Mohd. Umar, Anup Amarpal Valmiki,
Mandeep Antil, P.L. Thimmanna,
Gagandeep Singh and Ajit Kumar
Pandey will be strikers for India.
"The team has been together in the
camp for quite some time now and
the boys are quite upbeat about
putting up a strong show. We hope
to convert our silver at the last
edition into gold this year and will
surely put on display our best game,"
said Kariappa.
The squads:
Women's team:
Goalkeepers: Yogita Bali, Sonal Minz
Defenders: Jaspreet Kaur, Renuka
Yadav, Gurjeet Kaur, Hnialum Lal Ruat
Feli, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam,
Ponnamma Mallamada Narendra.
Midfielders: Ritu Rani (captain),
Deepika (vice-captain), Sonica,
Preeti Dubey, Shyama Tirgam
Forwards: Rani, Jyoti Gupta, Punam
Barla, Neha Goyal, Soundarya
Yendala.
Men's team:
Goalkeepers: Vikas Dahiya, Pankaj
Rajak
Defenders: Gaganpreet Singh,
Chiyanna A.B., Sukhmanjeet Singh,
Nilam Sanjib Xess, Ajitesh Roy (vice-
captain), Gurbaj Singh
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh Mangal
Singh Chahal, Vikas Chaudhary, Ajay
Yadav, Pradhan Sommanna P.
Forwards: Mohd. Umar, Anup
Amarpal Valmiki, Mandeep Antil, P.L.
Thimmanna, Gagandeep Singh, Ajit
Kumar Pandey. Redirect Notice
