Two players from Odisha have been selected by the Hockey India for 18-member India men’s squad for the Olympic Test event to be held in Japan next month.
Odisha hockey players, Ashis Topno and Nilam Sanjeep Xess have been named in the team. Midfielder Ashis will be making his debut in the series and midfielder Sanjeep already has 10 international caps to his name.
The team management has decided to rest senior players such as Captain Manpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh and Surender Kumar. The Indian men’s team include Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Gurinder Singh, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Kothajit Singh Khadangbam, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Jaskaran Singh, Mandeep Singh (Vice-Captain), Gursahibjit Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Jarmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Ashis Topno, SV Sunil, Gurjant Singh, Shamsher Singh and Suraj Karkera.