Indian Super League (ISL) membership Mumbai City FC on Thursday introduced an all-Indian 24-member squad for the upcoming 2023 Super Cup.
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Head coach Des Buckingham has named Rahul Bheke as captain forward of the event. Bheke will lead a squad that contains a powerful home unit that has shaped the core of Mumbai City lately.
The Islanders’ squad for the Super Cup will function a high quality stability of skilled heads and youthful potential.
Rahul Bheke, Bipin Singh, Mehtab Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte and Phurba Lachenpa had been lately known as as much as the Indian nationwide group off the again of a surprising season within the Indian Super League, successful the League Shield, and will likely be keen to hold their kind into the Super Cup.
The Islanders’ squad additionally boasts of burgeoning skills like Apuia Ralte, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Vikram Partap Singh and Sanjeev Stalin who, regardless of their younger age, have turn into integral elements of the Mumbai City arrange underneath Des Buckingham’s tutelage.
Furthering our dedication to growing Indian expertise, an opportunity to collect aggressive expertise and publicity awaits a few of the Islanders’ brightest younger skills like Gyamar Nikum, Halen Nongtdu, Ayush Chhikara and Gurkirat Singh to call a number of as they put together to face India’s high golf equipment within the home cup competitors.
Looking forward to competing within the Hero Super Cup with an all-Indian squad, coach Buckingham spoke concerning the high quality of the gamers within the squad.
“I’m excited to take a powerful Indian aspect to the Super Cup. It permits us to do a few various things this 12 months, while additionally making an attempt to proceed taking part in the soccer that we wish.
We’ve obtained a really sturdy group of gamers that helped us achieve success this 12 months, and the Indian core made up that not solely due to the standard that we’ve been capable of construct right here on the membership over the past couple of seasons, but additionally the depth, and that’s been so essential to us to realize the success that we have now over the past 12 months. I’m excited to see what we are able to now do within the subsequent event we play in and it’s one I’m very a lot trying ahead to,” said Buckingham.
“The club has spent a lot of time trying to develop and have the best Indian players here at the club. When I look at the squad we will take, we had 5 players that went to the national team, 4 of which actually took to the field, which was a wonderful thing to see and for them to be successful.
But of the squad, we’ve had 12 if not 14 of the squad which will feature now in the Super Cup playing regularly or as starting players for us this year. They’ll also now be surrounded by a lot of the younger players who may get opportunities to get more game time, but the focus for us will be on trying to perform, to the levels we have all season, whilst also making sure that these players can really showcase what they can do,” he added.
Mumbai City FC have been named in Group D, together with Chennaiyin FC and NorthEast United with both Real Kashmir or Churchill Brothers set to take the final spot within the group.
The Islanders will begin their Super Cup marketing campaign in opposition to both Real Kashmir or Churchill Brothers on April 11 on the Payyanad Stadium in Manjeri, Kerala.
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Mumbai City FC Squad:
Goalkeepers: Phurba Lachenpa, Mohammad Nawaz, Bhaskar Roy, Ahan Prakash
Defenders: Rahul Bheke (captain), Amey Ranawade, Mehtab Singh, Sanjeev Stalin, Mandar Rao Dessai, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy, Gursimrat Singh Gill, Halen Nongtdu, Hardik Bhatt
Midfielders: Rowllin Borges, Vinit Rai, Asif Khan, PC Rohlupuia, Apuia Ralte
Forwards: Vikram Partap Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Gurkirat Singh, Bipin Singh, Ayush Chhikara, Gyamar Nikum
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