FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup: India schedule, squad, venues, timing

Here is the schedule of the Indian men’s squad for the FIH Men’s World Cup scheduled from January 13 to 29, 2023 in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, Odisha.

Harmanpreet Singh has been named captain of the Indian team for the FIH Men’s World Cup. | Photo Credit: AP

Hockey India announced an 18-member Indian squad for the FIH men’s World Cup scheduled from January 13 to 29, 2023 in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela, Odisha.

Harmanpreet Singh has been named captain of the Indian team, while Amit Rohidas will be his deputy for the marquee event.

India is clubbed in Pool D along with England, Spain and Wales. The Men in Blue will play its opening game on January 13 against Spain at the newly built Birsa Munda Stadium in Rourkela.

INDIA’S SCHEDULE

DATE	MATCHES	TIME	VENUE
JANUARY 13	India vs Spain	7 PM	Rourkela
JANUARY 15	India vs England	7 PM	Rourkela
JANUARY 19	India vs Wales	7 PM	Bhubaneswar

The final will be played on January 29.

Indian squad for FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup 2023

Goalkeeper: P.R. Sreejesh, Krishna Pathak

Defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Vice Captain), Nilam Sanjeep Xess

Midfielder: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh

Forward: Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh

Standby: Rajkumar Pal, Jugraj Singh