Hosts India will play Argentina in the opening match of the Hockey World league Final (HWl)to be held in Raipur from November 27 to December 6 this year. Then, India will play Germany on Nov. 28 followed by Netherlands on Nov. 30.
Sardar to lead India in NZ
New Delhi: Sardar Singh will lead a 21-member Indian team to the tour of New Zealand, scheduled from October 2 to 11 in Auckland, Nelson and Christchurch.
India will play a total of six games in the tour. The first two games will be played against New Zealand A, while rest of the four matches will be against the New Zealand’s national squad.
The Indian squad will be:
GK: PR Sreejesh (vice captain), Harjot Singh. Def: Birendra lakra, Kothajit Singh, VR Raghunath, Jasjit Singh Kular, Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurjinder Singh. Mids: Sardar Singh (captain), Chinglensana Singh, SK Uthappa, Satbir Singh, Devinder Walmiki, Manpreet Singh, Dharamvir Singh. Fwds: SV Sunil, Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, lalit Upadhyay, Nikkin Thimmaiah.