A 25-member India U-23 squad left for the Czech Republic for a 19-day Exposure Tour in preparation for the forthcoming 2014 Incheon Asian Games. The team would be back in India on August 8.

However, four players from the 29-member squad – Deepak Devrani, Shouvik Ghosh, Sanjay Balmuchu and Romeo Fernandes – who were practicing under national coach Wim Koevermans have been released from the camp and didn’t travel to the Czech Republic.

The Indian squad will play three matches during the period against three different clubs – SK Senco Doubravka, FK Baník Most and TJ Jiskra Domažlice. The team will be based in Pilsen.

Besides, the Indian team would be playing two matches in a Friendly Series against the Pakistan U-23 national tTeam in Bangalore on August 17 and 20 respectively.

Furthermore, the squad will also be travelling to China for another Exposure Tour from August 25 to September 8 where they would be playing two matches against Shanghai Greenland FC and Jiangsu Guoxin-Sainty FC.

Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh and Francis Fernandes are the three senior players who are part of the squad. The rest of the squad comprise of U-23 Players.

INDIA U-23 SQUAD

Goalkeepers
Amrinder Singh, Ravi Kumar, Kamaljit Singh

Defenders
Pritam Kotal, Keenan Almeida, Joyner Lourenco, Shankar Sampingiraj, Sandesh Jhingan, Salam Singh, Narayan Das

Midfielders
Pronoy Halder, Rowlin Borges, Clifton Dias, Alwyn George, Siam Hangal, Lalrindika Ralte, Dhanpal Ganesh, Milan Singh, Francis Fernandes, Alesh Sawant

Forwards
Seiminlen Doungel, Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh, Haokip Thongkoshim, Mandar Rao Desai

(Report & Picture courtesy AIFF Media)