6 Odia in National Jr Hockey Camp
Bhubaneswar: The preparatory camp of the Indian Junior Men National Coaching Camp starts at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on June 11. The camp is for training young players for the upcoming Men’s Junior Asian Cup 2015 in Malaysia and the FIH Junior World Cup 2016 (Men) 2016 in New Delhi.
Forty-Eight core probables including six Odia will be part of the coaching camp starting June 11, Subodh Tirkey (goalkeeper), Anand lakra, Dipsan Tirkey (defenders), Abhay Ekka, Prakash Barla and Sumit Tappo are the six Odisha players got selected in the camp.
They will work on their skills and raise their game for international competitions. Fifteen new players were identified from the recently concluded 5th Hockey India National Championships on the basis of their consistent performance and technical skills and which gives them a chance to feature in the Junior men International team.
After one week’s training session of the camp, the top 33 core probable’s will be selected who will further train under Coach Harendra Singh and aim for a spot in the national squad who will play in the FIH Junior World Cup 2016 (Men) in New Delhi and Junior Men Asia Cup 2015 in Malaysia, to be held from14th to 22nd November 2015.
The young players have gained a significant experience from the recently concluded Hockey India National Championships where all the players contested neck-to-neck for the top honour. The National Championship provided the best platform where the young hockey players showcased their best skills and adaptability to play with various strategies against different teams.
The list of 48 Junior Men Players: Goalkeepers: Pankaj Kumar Rajak, Suraj Karkera, Jugraj Singh, Subodh Tirkey, Vikas Dahiya, Karan Thakur, Yash Kumar, Krishan B Pathak, Syed Naseenuddin Shahbaz, Defenders; Abhishek Pratap Singh, Anand lakra, Dipsan Tirkey, Gurinder Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Varun Kumar, Midfielders; Vikrajit Singh, Abhay Ekka, Ajay Yadav, Baljeet Singh Boparai, Imran Khan, Manpreet, Nilakanta Sharma, Prakash Barla, Rajat Sharma, Santa Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Sumit, Harjeet Singh, Vivek Sagar, Somaiah Kuppanda, Forwards; Gurjant Singh, Pawan Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Sumit Toppo, Raushan Kumar Paswan, Jamma Majhi, Ajit Kumar Pandey, Armaan Qureshi, Mohd Nizamuddin, Parvinder Singh, Rajant, Dharamvir Yadav, Raju Pal, Ajmer Singh, Nitesh Kiro, Ajit Pandit.
Town Club vs Saheed in Junior league Cricket
Bhubaneswar: The host Town Club would meet Saheed Sporting Club in the semifinal of the 1st Junior Cricket league here on Thursday. In the last league round match on Wednesday, Mukteswar Cricket Club defeated Green Cricket Club by three wickets.
Batting first, Green Club scored 110 in 28.1 overs. Aryan Pradhan scored highest 21 runs and Kisan Patel and Subham Nayak of Mukteswar bagged two wickets each. In reply, Anurag Biswal smashed 45 runs and guided the team to reach the winning target in 26 overs for the loss of seven wickets.
Brief Score: Green Club 110/10 in 28.1 overs (Aryan Pradhan 21, Ashutosh Samantaray 20; Kisan Patel, Subham Nayak bagged 2 wickets each) lost to Mukteswar Cricket Club 111/7 in 26 overs (Anurag Biswal 45, Asutosh Agrawal 24 n.o; Abhinas Rath, Ashutosh Samantaray scalped 2 wickets each) by 3 wickets.