Hockey: Harmanpreet Singh, PR Sreejesh lead 27-member group for pre-Olympic preparation camp
The camp will run from June 21 to July 8 at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.
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Hockey India on Thursday announced the 27-member core probable group for the senior men’s national coaching camp, scheduled to commence from June 21 to July 8 at the SAI Centre in Bengaluru.
The camp is crucial as the Indian team will look to polish their preparations ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Indian men’s team is placed in Pool B along with Belgium, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland. They will start their Olympic campaign against New Zealand on July 27.
The team returns to camp after a successful outing in the 2023-24 FIH Hockey Pro League, where they are currently placed fourth after earning 24 points from 16 matches.
The core group of the national coaching camp includes goalkeepers Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh, Suraj Karkera and defenders Harmanpreet Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay and Amir Ali.
The midfielders called up to the camp include Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Vishnukant Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Mohammed Raheel Mouseen.
The list of forwards includes Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Gurjant Singh, Boby Singh Dhami and Araijeet Singh Hundal.
The Indian senior men’s team coach Craig Fulton spoke about the importance of the camp saying,...
