India retain Rohidas as hockey captain

Bhubaneswar: Amit Rohidas was retained as captain, while defender

Neelam Sanjeep Xess

made a comeback in India's 22-member squad for the upcoming FIH Pro League double-header against England here this weekend.

Neelam

was part of India's team in the Asian Champions Trophy in December last year at Dhaka where they finished third with a 4-3 win over Pakistan.The squad: Goalkeepers: Krishan Bahadur Pathak, PR Sreejesh; Defenders: Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (vice-captain), Neelam Sanjeep Xess, Varun Kumar, Amit

Rohidas

(captain), Jugraj Singh; Midfielders: Jaskaran Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Shamsher Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Sumit, Vivek Sagar Prasad; Forwards: Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Abhishek, Gursahibjit Singh, Shilanand LakraEngland keen to gain experience ahead of WC, skipper Sorsby: England men’s hockey team captain Tom Sorsby is relishing the “challenging” prospect of playing the FIH Pro League double header in India against the hosts as it will help his team gather valuable experience ahead of World Cup in Bhubaneswar next year. “We are quite a new team, but this group has got some good experience in the Pro League recently. I think all the experience we get here will be valuable, especially between now and coming back here for the World Cup,” Sorsby said. pti
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