Indian soccer group head coach Igor Stimac has named a 25-man squad for India’s upcoming journey to Bahrain.
The Blue Tigers are set to play two friendlies as a part of their preparations for the 2023 Afc Asian Cup third spherical qualifiers.
India will face Bahrain on March 23 and can then tackle Belarus on March 26.
The coach has named seven new faces, together with Kerala Blasters’ Prabhsukhan Gill, Hormipam Ruivah, Bengaluru FC’s Roshan Singh, Danish Farooq, Hyderabad FC’s Aniket Jadhav, NorthEast United’s VP Suhair, and FC Goa’s Anwar Ali.
Suresh Singh and Farukh Choudhary have been omitted from the squad resulting from their damage troubles, however Sandesh Jhingan makes a comeback after lacking out from the SAFF Championship squad.
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“I’ve been watching each single recreation and admiring the boys for giving the whole lot they’ve for his or her golf equipment,” Stimac mentioned.
“It’s been horrible for everybody concerned because the pandemic began, however the job must be achieved. On the similar time, we have to commend the tremendous organisational capabilities of the 2 Leagues being held concurrently beneath present circumstances – that too when footballing actions throughout have stumbled a bit.”
Bahrain are ranked 91st within the FIFA rankings, Belarus are 94th, whereas India are ranked 104.
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Prabhsukhan Gill.
Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Seriton Fernandes, Rahul Bheke, Hormipam Ruivah, Chinglensana Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Roshan Singh, Akash Mishra, Subhasish Bose, Anwar Ali.
Midfielders: Pronay Halder, Brandon Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Yasir Md, Bipin Singh, Jeakson Singh, VP Suhair, Aniket Jadhav, Danish Farooq.
Forwards: Manvir Singh, Rahim Ali, Liston Colaco.