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17 Indian Arrows players among 25 probables for Olympic qualifiers

By IANS,

New Delhi : The Indian Arrows team once again formed the nucleus of the Olympic outfit as their 17 players were among the 25 probables for the second round of Olympic qualifiers against Qatar.

Jagroop Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Ravi Kumar are the three goalkeepers from the newly-formed team, who were selected among the probables.

Defenders Inderpreet Singh, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Deepak Devrani, R Vishal Kumar, Abhishek Das, Lalrozama Fenai and midfielders Jewel Raja Sheikh, Shilton Sydney D’Silva, Ongnam Milan Singh, Jibon Singh, Lalrindika Ralte were also selected by coach Desmod Bulpin, who is also in charge of Indian Arrows, formed last year to prepare the national team for the 2018 World Cup.

Indian Arrows striker Jeje Lalpekhlua, Manandeep Singh, Jagtar Singh will be spearheading the attack.

India will face Qatar in Doha June 10 in their away match and will host the Qatari team in Pune, June 23. India qualified for the second round after beat Mayanmar 3-2 on aggregate in the first round.

Probables:

Goalkeeper: Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC), Jagroop Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Ravi Kumar (all Indian Arrows).

Defender: Inderpreet Singh, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Deepak Devrani, R Vishal Kumar, Abhishek Das, Lalrozama Fenai (all Indian Arrows); Arnab Mondal (Chirag United), Saba Saleel (ONGC).

Midfielder: Jewel Raja Sheikh, Shilton Sydney D’Silva, Ongnam Milan Singh, Kh. Jibon Singh, Lalrindika Ralte (all Indian Arrows); Gurjinder Kumar (Pune FC), Snehasis Chakraborthy (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Anthony Barbosa (Salgaocar SC), Zakir Mundampara (Churchill Brothers).

Forwards: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Manandeep Singh, Jagtar Singh (all Indian Arrows); C.S. Sabeeth (Viva Kerala).