Kolkata: Bengal on Tuesday picked 22 players for the upcoming Santosh Trophy campaign. The Biswajit Bhattacharya-managed side will fly out to Maharashtra on Thursday, hoping to get over the line this time after losing two finals in the past three seasons. The record 32-time champions held a short camp at Kalyani which concluded on Monday.
Bengal have been clubbed in Group D with hosts Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman & Dadra and Haryana.
They will begin their campaign with a match against Haryana on Saturday. TNN
BENGAL SQUAD: Raja Barman (GK), Susnata Malik (GK), Shubham Roy (GK); Amit Chakraborty, Totan Das, Sourish Lodh Chowdhury, Akash Mukherjee, Amit Tudu, Sandip Patra, Surojit Seal, Dipak Kumar Rajak, Surajit Hansda,
Vivek Singh, Amar Nath Baskey, Rakesh Dhara, Tarak Hembram, Basudeb Mandi, Sougata Hansda, Narohari Shreshtha, Robi Hansda, Subrata Murmu, Souvik Kar. Coach: Biswajit Bhattacharya; Goalkeeping coach: Partha Chakraborty. Manager: Amitava Biswas; physio: Subhojit Banerjee.