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India probables named for AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers

Indian Senior National Team (Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)

The Indian Senior National Team will be camping in Mumbai prior to their opening Group A match against Myanmar in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. India are slated to play Myanmar in their first Group match in Yangon on March 28, 2017.

Even as National Coach Stephen Constantine announced his list of probables for the Camp, he said that he chose Mumbai over other venues because the “weather conditions in Mumbai will be closest to Yangon.”

“Mumbai will be hot and humid much like what we will experience in Yangon when we play Myanmar in our first match,” he said. “The last time we camped and played in Mumbai, the Western India Football Association headed by AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel and Mr. Aditya Thackeray were so supportive and helpful, arranging and providing all what the National Team needed and asked for. I appreciate their passion and feeling for the National Team.”

The boys would be assembling in Mumbai from March 12 onwards as per their Club commitments in the I-League and the AFC Cup.

Constantine’s list of 31 probables has four new faces – Nishu Kumar, Subhashish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala and Milan Singh – all of whom who would reporting to any of his National Camps for the first-time ever.

“We have recruited players on basis of their consistent performances both from the I-League and the Indian Super League. I reiterate that the door is open for anyone who is eligible to play for India. But for that he must be prepared to do the work we need. We have selected the players from what we have seen over the last few months,” he stated.

India are slated to play Cambodia in an International Friendly in Phnom Penh on March 22 as part of their preparation for the crucial against Myanmar.

INDIA PROBABLES

Goalkeepers
Subrata Pal, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, T.P. Rehenesh

Defenders
Pritam Kotal, Nishu Kumar, Sandesh Jhingan, Arnab Mondal, Anas Edathodika, Dhanapal Ganesh, Fulganco Cardozo, Narayan Das, Subhashish Bose, Jerry Lanrinzuala

Midfielders
Jackichand Singh, Seityesen Singh, Udanta Singh, Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Milan Singh, Pronay Halder, Mohammed Rafique, Rowllin Borges, Halicharan Narzary, C.K. Vineeth, Anthony D’Souza, Issac Vanlalsawma

Forwards
Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sumeet Passi, Sunil Chhetri, Daniel Lalhimpuia, Robin Singh

(Report & Photo courtesy: AIFF Media)