Indian Men's Hockey Team return to National Camp ahead of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 season opener
Hockey India on Saturday named a 33-member core probable group for the National Coaching camp starting on 3rd October 2022 to prepare for the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-2023 season opener in Bhubaneswar. The Indian team will take on New Zealand and Spain in double header matches to be played at the iconic Kalinga hockey Stadium.
The core
group for the national camp includes experienced goalkeeper PR Sreejesh,
Krishan B Pathak and Pawan. Defenders Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender
Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Amit
Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Yashdeep Siwach, Dipsan
Tirkey, Sanjay, Manjeet and Sumit have been included in the
list along with midfielders Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek
Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher
Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal and Pawan Rajbhar.
Forwards Akashdeep
Singh, Gurjant Singh, Maninder Singh, Mohd. Raheel
Mouseen, S.Karthi, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar
Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh have
been named in the core group.
Talking
about the camp, Chief Coach Graham Reid said, "The FIH Hockey Pro League
2022/23 will give us insights into the areas that require work ahead of
the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 Bhubaneswar-Rourkela. The
matches against Spain and New Zealand are important outing for us and the
players are upbeat and excited about the upcoming months of hockey. We have
chosen some fresh names in the core group who have shown great potential and
are eager to perform when given a chance."
In their
opening match on 28th October, India will take on New Zealand.
They will play Spain next on 30th October. India will play
their next double-header game against New Zealand on 4th November
followed by their second match against Spain on 6th November.
The team will move to Bhubaneswar on 21st October after a
three-week camp in SAI, Bengaluru.

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