Indian men’s football team head coach Igor Stimac, on Friday, named a list of 26 probables for the Merdeka Cup 2023, to be played in Malaysia from October 13-17.
The Merdeka Cup 2023 will be a four-team affair with hosts Malaysia, Palestine and Tajikistan are the other teams. To be played on the knockout basis, India will take on hosts Malaysia in the second semi-final on October 13. Palestine and Tajikistan will cross swords in the first semi-final earlier on the same day.
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October 17 has been kept as the day for the final and also for the third placed match, which will be played between the two losing semi-finalists.
The final list of 23 players, who will travel to Malaysia, will be announced in the second week of October.
The 26 member probable list are as follows –
Goalkeepers:Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Vishal Kate and Dheeraj Singh.
Defenders:Nikhil Poojari, Roshan Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali, Mehtab Singh, Lalchungnunga, Akash Mishra and Subhashish Bose.
Midfielders:Jeakson Singh, Suresh Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Rohit Kumar, Sahal Abdul Samad, Brandon Fernandes, Lalianzuala Chhangte, Udanta Singh, Vikram Pratap Singh, Mahesh Singh Naorem, Liston Colaco and Nandhakumar Sekar.
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri and Manvir Singh.
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