Dhanraj, Mukesh among probables
for Azlan Shah Cup
Ace forwards Dhanraj Pillay and Mukesh Kumar, who failed to find places in the team for the World Cup hockey qualifier in Edinburg, Scotland, are among the probables, announced on Wednesday by the Indian Hockey Federation, for the Sultan Azlan Shah tournament in Kuala Lumpur next month.
Goalkeeper A B Subbaiah, half-back S S Gill, forwards Sabu Varkey and Deepak Thakur also figure in the list of 29, who will attend a coaching camp at Jammu from July 9 to 30.
The probables:
Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri (Corps of Engineers), Baljit
Singh (Chandigarh), A B Subbaiah (J and K).
Backs: Bikramjit Singh (Railways), Ignatius Tirkey
(SSCB), Dinesh Nayak (Tamil Nadu), Anurag Raghuvanshi (Bharat
Petroleum), Aftab Ahmed (UP).
Half-backs: S S Gill (Bharat Petroleum), M K Prakash
(Bharat Petroleum), Prabhdeep Singh (Punjab Police), Samsuz
Zoha (Indian Oil), Harmeek Singh (Punjab Police), Natrajan
(Railways), Sonu (Corps of Engineers).
Forwards: Dhanraj Pillay (Mumbai), Mukesh Kumar (Indian
Airlines), Sabu Varkey (Bharat Petroleum), Baljit Chandi
(Punjab and Sind Bank), Tejbir Singh (Punjab Police), Deepak
Thakur (Indian Oil), Inderjit Singh (Indian Oil), Amarjit
Pratap (ONGC), M Senthil (Tamil Nadu), Gurjeet Singh (J and K)
Parminder Singh (Punjab and Sind Bank), Chander Pal (Railways)
Ravinder Singh (Indian Airlines), Anoop Anthony (Karnataka),
Arshad Khan (Bhopal).
Coaches: Baldev Singh (Haryana), Ripudaman Singh (Punjab)
Trainer: Ramesh (Sports Authority of India).