Hockey India: The Indian hockey team will leave for Australia on April 1. On this tour, a five-match hockey test series will be played between the two teams. The Indian team has been announced for this tour. Harmanpreet Singh will lead the 27-member strong Indian team in the five-match hockey Test series against Australia.
Indian hockey team squad
Indian hockey team head coach Craig Fulton has opted to fly to Australia along with almost the entire core group of probables who have been training in Bhubaneswar. The team will play its first match on April 6. After this, matches will be held on 7, 10, 12 and 13 April. All matches will be played in Perth. In view of this year’s Paris Olympics, this series against Australia, one of the strongest hockey teams, is very important for the team’s preparations. The tour will give Fulton a chance to test his potential 16-member squad for the Olympics. Before the Paris Olympics, the Indian team has to play in the Belgian leg of the Pro League in May. In such a situation, coaches will get more options to test the players.
Big statement from head coach Craig Fulton
Fulton told Hockey India that this will be a very important tour for us. With this, we will be able to find out the level of the team and know in which areas we have to improve before the Paris Olympics. It is also an important tournament for the players. We have decided to go on the tour with almost the entire core group so that every player gets ample opportunity to showcase his ability. Hockey India had released the list of 28 probable players for the men’s national camp on March 11. Of these, 27 are in the team going to Australia. Midfielder Rabichandra Singh Moirangtham is the only player who will not go to Australia despite being in the probables list. Midfielder Hardik Singh will remain the vice-captain of the team. The team will also have three goalkeepers in PR Sreejesh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Suraj Karkera.
Indian team for Australia tour:
Goalkeepers: Krishna Bahadur Pathak, P R Sreejesh,
Defenders: Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit and Aamir Ali.
Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Shamsher Singh, Neelakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal and Vishnukant Singh.
Forward: Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjit Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mohammad Raheel Mousin, Bobby Singh Dhami and Arijit Singh Hundal.
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