Hockey India names 60 players for national camp ahead of FIH Pro League

The list of 60 players will be pruned down to 33 ahead of their preparations for their FIH Pro League 2021-22 matches, scheduled in February, 2022.

The FIH Pro League will restart with a match between Spain and England,on February 4, 2022. India's opening match will take place on February 8.

Hockey India on Thursday announced a list of 60 players for the senior men's national camp which commences from January 3, 2022, at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru.

The list of 60 players will be pruned down to 33 ahead of their preparations for their FIH Pro League 2021-22 matches scheduled for February, 2022.

"These 60 players have earned their spot on the back of their recent performances in international and the domestic circuit," said Graham Reid, chief coach, Indian men's hockey team.

"We are already in the new Olympic cycle now and with Asian Games on the horizon, it will be very crucial for us to have a strong pool of 33 as we gear up for the challenging 2022 season," he added.

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The players have been selected based on their performance in the recently concluded 11th Hockey India senior men national championship 2021, junior men national championship 2021 and other Hockey India sanctioned domestic events. The list includes retained players from both Junior and Senior Men's Core groups.

The FIH Pro League will restart with a match between Spain and England,on February 4, 2022. India's opening match will take place on February 8.

List of playersGoalkeepers 1. Sreejesh P.R. 2. Krishan B Pathak 3. Suraj Karkera 4. Prashant Kumar Chauhan 5. Pawan 6. Kamalbir Singh 7. Pankaj Kumar Rajak 8. Ayush Dwivedi Defenders 9. Harmanpreet Singh 10. Amit Rohidas 11. Surender Kumar 12. Varun Kumar 13. Gurinder Singh 14. Jarmanpreet Singh 15. Nilam Sanjeep Xess 16. Dipsan Tirkey 16. Mandeep Mor 18. Sanjay 19. Yashdeep Siwach 20. Dinachandra Singh Moirangthem  21. Abhisek Lakra 22. Manjeet 23. Mohd Faraz 24. Parampreet Singh Midfielders 25. Manpreet Singh 26. Nilakanta Sharma 27. Sumit 28. Hardik Singh 29. Jaskaran Singh 30. Rajkumar Pal 31. Shamsher Singh 32. Vivek Sagar Prasad 33. Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem  34. Mareeswaran Sakthivel 35. Biju Ekka 36. Sheshe Gowda B M 37. Ashis Kumar Topno 38. Jugraj Singh 39. Bharath K R 40. Likhith BM 41. Keshav Tyagi 42. Sushil Dhanwar Forwards 43. Simranjeet Singh 44. Gurjant Singh 45. Mandeep Singh 46. Lalit Kumar Upadhyay 47. Akashdeep Singh 48. Gursahibjit Singh 49. Shilanand Lakra 50. Dilpreet Singh 51. Maninder Singh 52. S. Karthi 53. Prabhjot Singh 54. Pardeep Singh 55. Abhishek 56. Abharan Sudev 57. Mohd. Raheel 58. Sukhjeet Singh 59. Pawan Rajbhar 60. Mohd Umar