India u-23 squad for Challenge Cup announced

PUNE: The final list of twenty-two players that will make the trip to Sri Lanka to participate in the upcoming AFC Challenge Cup has been announced by the AIFF upon the completion of the ten day u-23 National camp at the the Bharati Vidyapeeth Complex. Defending champions India take on Turkmenistan in their opening game at the Sughatadasa Stadium in Colombo.

Five Mumbai based players - who previously donned the national colours in the recent SAFF Cup triumph -  have made it into the squad namely Ravinder Singh, Dharmaraj Ravanan, Denzil Franco, Debabrata Roy and captain Sushil Kumar Singh.

 

 

 

 

Goalkeepers: 

Karanjit Singh (JCT), Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo S C), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Kingfisher East Bengal)

Defenders: 

Nirmal Chetri (Kingfisher East Bengal), Ravinder Singh (Air India), Dharmaraj Ravanan (Mahindra United), Denzil Franco (Mahindra United), Debabrata Roy (Mahindra United), Rowilson Rodrigues (Churchill Brothers), Thokchom Naoba Singh (Churchill Brothers), Robert Lalthlamuana (Churchill Brothers)

Midfielders: 

Balwant Singh (JCT), Joaquim Abranches (Dempo S.C), Jibon Singh (Kingfisher East Bengal), Gurvinder Singh (JCT), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers), Jewel  Raja Skeikh (Dempo S C),Baljit Sahni (JCT) 

Strikers: 

Sushil Kumar Singh (Mahindra United), Subhash Singh (Kingfisher East Bengal) Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune F.C), Jagtar Singh (Tata Football Academy)

Officials: 

Sukhvinder Singh (Coach), Syed Sabir Pasha (Assistant Coach), Chandru Jayaraman (Physiotherapist), Dr. Kiran Kulkarni (Doctor), Hardev Jadeja (Head of Delegation), V. M. Prithi Kumar (Masseur), Col. B M R Mehta (Media Officer), Mandar Tamhane (Manager)