2 Odisha players in WC Indian hockey team

Two players from Odisha have been selected in the 18-member Indian Men’s Hockey team, who will represent the host country, at the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2018 which is scheduled to begin from November 28 at the Kalinga Hockey Stadium here.

The two players are defenders Birendra Lakra and Amit Rohidas. The team would be led by Manpreet Singh while the vice-captain is Chinglensana Singh Kangujam. The Indian team, scheduled to begin their campaign against South Africa on the opening day, features PR Sreejesh and Krishan Bahadur Pathak as goalkeepers.

Odisha’s experienced defender Birendra Lakra would be joined by fellow Odia Amit Rohidas, Surender Kumar, Kothajit Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Varun Kumar to form India’s defence.

Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma and Hardik Singh are the midfielders while the forward line would see the experienced Akashdeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Mandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh.

Team India is grouped in Pool C along with World No.3 Belgium, Canada and South Africa and would need to finish on top of the pool to secure a place in the quarter final.

Source: https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/state-editions/hockey-wc--odisha-woos-visitors-in-london.html

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