The Hockey India on Friday named 18-member each Indian Men’s and Indian Women’s Hockey teams for the upcoming FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers, Odisha.
While Amit Rohidas is the lone player from Odisha found place in Indian Men’s Hockey team captained by Manpreet Singh and Vice-Captained by SV Sunil, women players Deep Grace Ekka, Lilima Minz and Namita Toppo were selected in Indian Women’s Hockey team for qualifiers scheduled on November 1 and 2 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here.
The Women’s team includes goalkeepers Savita and Rajani Etimarpu, drag-flickers Gurjit Kaur, Deep Grace Ekka, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Namita Toppo, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Nikki Pradhan, Monika, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minz, Rani (Captain), Vandana Katariya, Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiami, Navjot Kaur and Sharmila Devi.
The Indian Men’s Team comprises of goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak, while the outfield players named in the side include drag-flickers Rupinderpal Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Nilakanta Sharma, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Simranjeet Singh and attacking players Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, SV Sunil (Vice-Captain), Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, and Ramandeep Singh.
The two teams are scheduled to take part in the Qualifiers where the World No.5 Indian Men’s Hockey team will be up against World No.22 Russia, while the World No.9 Indian Women’s Hockey Team will face World No.13 USA, the Hockey India said in a release.
