Odisha’s Dipsan Tirkey has got a place in the 18-member Indian team announced on Saturday for the upcoming Hockey Asia Cup to be held from October 11 to 22 in Dhaka in Bangladesh.
Dipsan is the only player from the State who has been selected in the team headed by Manpreet Singh. Dipsan has been placed as defenders in the squad.
The selected squad includes Akash Chikte, Suraj Karkera as goalkeepers, Dipsan Tirkey, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar as defenders, SK Uthappa, Sardar Singh, Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh, Sumit as midfielders and SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Satbir Singh as forwards.