Defender Rohit has been named captain of the Indian junior males’s hockey team, with Shardanand Tiwari as his deputy in a 20-member squad which is able to tour Europe from May 20-29.
India will play 5 matches throughout three nations — Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands — throughout the tour, as a part of Hockey India’s initiative to assist the team acquire publicity and expertise.
“We have been training hard at our camp and have developed an understanding of each other’s gameplay,” mentioned captain Rohit in a Hockey India launch.
“It will be wonderful to play together against teams from other nations to help us build on our game and get better through this kind of exposure.” India will play their first match on May 20 towards Belgium in Antwerp, earlier than taking part in the identical opponents in Breda, Netherlands on May 22.
India will then play the Netherlands’ Club team Bredase Hockey Vereniging Push in Breda on May 23, adopted by a sport towards Germany on May 28 in Germany.
They will then return to Breda to play Germany as soon as once more on twenty ninth May of their remaining match of the tour.
India vice-captain Shardanand Tiwari mentioned, “This will be a wonderful experience and will go a long way in evaluating where we stand as a team and as individual players.
“It might be a good way to determine our strengths and what areas we would want to contact upon.”
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Prince Deep Singh, Bikramjit Singh.
Defenders: Shardanand Tiwari, Yogember Rawat, Anmol Ekka, Rohit, Manoj Yadav, Talem Priyo Barta.
Midfielders: Ankit Pal, Roshan Kujur, Bipin Billavara Ravi, Mukesh Toppo, Manmeet Singh, Vachan H.A.
Forwards: Sourabh Anand Kushwaha, Arshdeep Singh, Gurjot Singh, Mohd. Konain Dad, Dilraj Singh, Gursewak Singh.
