After Graham Reid’s resignation, Hockey India has named David John and BJ Kariappa because the interim coaches of the boys’s facet for the upcoming FIH Pro League matches in Rourkela. The two might be assisted by Shivendra Singh. The team will play the Pro League in Rourkela below the interim coaches until the brand new chief coach might be appointed.
The appointment comes after India’s hockey help workers resigned from its publish, following a horror present within the Hockey World Cup. Chief coach Graham Reid, analytical coach Gregg Clark and scientific advisor Mitchell Pemberton left their posts after the World Cup in January 2023.
Notably, Australia’s John was a former high-performance director of the Indian team, whereas Kariappa was a junior Indian team coach. The two will lead India within the March leg of the FIH Pro League. “At the Pro League in Rourkela, the team will play under interim coaches until Hockey India (HI) announces the new chief coach,” HI president Dilip Tirkey mentioned on Monday.
John and Kariappa are employed by the Odisha sports activities division, the place John works as a director of Hockey (Odisha), whereas Kariappa was made a chief coach of Odisha. John joined the Indian teaching workers in 2011 when he was a physio, earlier than leaving in 2012. He made a retunr in 2016, changing into the high-performance director. He left that publish in 2020 and joined the Odisha sports activities division in 2022. Kariappa left his junior teaching function the earlier yr and joined the Odisha division.
India’s first match of the March leg might be towards Germany on March 10, whereas they may face Australia on March 12. The third match of the Indian team might be on March 13, towards Germany, earlier than enjoying the ultimate sport on March 15 towards Australia. HI introduced a younger Indian team that might be led by Harmanpreet Singh. PR Sreejesh has discovered his place whereas Krishan Bahadur Pathak isn’t included as he sought go away for private causes.
India’s squad:
PR Sreejesh, Pawan, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Jugraj Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet Singh, Sumit, Manjeet, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Vishnukant Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, S Karthi, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek, Gurjant Singh
