A 21-member Indian team will be participating in the AFC U-14 Championship to be held in Mashhad, Iran. Besides hosts Iran, India have been clubbed with Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Pakistan in Group D.

India play their first match against Iran on April 23 followed by a match against Kyrgyzstan the following day. India’s third match has been slated against Pakistan on April 28 while the last match is against Turkmenistan on April 29.

The squad leaves for Iran early Saturday (April 20) morning.

INDIA U-14 SQUAD

Goalkeepers
Dheeraj Singh, Mohammad Nawaz, Antonio Da Silva

Defenders
Amarjeet Mishra, Amartya Basu, Anwar Ali, Jaskaranpreet Singh, Jitendra Singh, Smiel Diyali, Flan Ansil Gomes, Ritik Rai

Midfielders
Abhijit Sarkar, Hrishi Dhat, Mohammad Shahjahan, Sudipto Malakar, Ribhav Jatin Sardesai, Ajay Alex Anthony

Forwards
Abuthaheer, Gaston D’Silva, Khumanthem Ninthoinganba, Shubham Sarangi

Officials
Narayana Menon (Head Coach), Jude Barreto (Assistant Coach), Mario Aguiar (Goalkeeping Coach), Vishnu Nair (Physiotherapist), Anshuman Arya (Team Manager)