Hockey India announced players of Indian Men’s & Women’s Team for FIH Olympic Qualifiers

(Reporters Today, Bhubaneswar): Hockey India on Friday named the 18-member each Indian Men’s and Indian Women’s Hockey teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Odisha which are scheduled to take place on 1st and 2nd November 2019 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

The Indian Men’s Hockey team will be captained by Manpreet Singh, While, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team will be led by Rani.

The Indian Men’s Hockey Team comprises of Goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak, while the outfield players include Rupinderpal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Amit Rohidas, Captain Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Simranjeet Singh along with experienced attacking players in Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Vice-Captain SV Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, and Ramandeep Singh.

These names were announced by Indian Men’s Hockey team’s Chief Coach Graham Reid. Meanwhile, the Indian Women’s Hockey team remained unchanged from their Tour of England.

The Indian Women’s Hockey Team comprises of Goalkeepers Savita and Rajani Etimarpu, while the outfield players include Gurjit Kaur, Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Namita Toppo, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Captain Rani, Vandana Katariya, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Navjot Kaur and Sharmila Devi

The winners of the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers Odisha will qualify for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.