India name 18-member team for Sultan of Johor Cup

New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) India today named an 18-membermen's junior team for the seventh Sultan of Johor Cup whichbegins in Johor Bahru, Malaysia fr...
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New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) India today named an 18-membermen's junior team for the seventh Sultan of Johor Cup whichbegins in Johor Bahru, Malaysia from October 22.

The team will be captained by Vivek Sagar Prasad whilePratap Lakra has been named as the vice-captain.

India will take on Japan in the opening match of thetournament.

The Indian colts have been training for the tournament atthe National Camp at SAI, Lucknow since September 11.

During the course of the camp, India's junior men's teamcoach Jude Felix has tried and tested all players from thecore group before selecting a balanced squad.

The Indians will be participating in the tournament aftera gap of a year. They finished second in the fifth Sultan ofJohor Cup in 2015 where they lost to Great Britain in thefinal.

"The junior men's team has been training with theobjective of performing well at the upcoming Sultan of JohorCup. We have a very strong pool of players at the junior levelwho believe in themselves, and this tournament will give theright amount of exposure," coach Felix said.

"I believe this will be a start to our long-termobjective of retaining the World Cup title at this level," headded.

Besides India, other participating teams in thetournament are Japan, hosts Malaysia, USA, Australia and GreatBritain.

Squad:Goalkeepers: Pankaj Kumar Rajak, Senthamizh ArasuShankar.

Defenders: Suman Beck, Pratap Lakra (vice-captain),Sukhjeet Singh, Varinder Singh, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay.

Midfielders: Harmanjit Singh, Rabichandra SinghMoirangthem, Vivek Sagar Prasad (captain), Vishal Singh,Vishal Antil.

Forwards: Shilanand Lakra, Raushan Kumar, Abhishek,Dilpreet Singh, Maninder Singh. PTI SSCSSC.

This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.

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