New Delhi: Hockey India came out with the list of 48 probables for the London Olympics. The biggest names that were missing from the list were of the former India captain Rajpal Singh and Veteran Arjun Halappa.
Both these players were missing from the team that won the Olympic qualifiers. Rajpal and Halappa were in the list of probables but did not feature in the team, with Halappa in the standbys and Rajpal not picked at all.
India played exceptionally well throughout the tournament without these big names and that looks to be the reason behind selectors not picking them.
The List of probables:
Forwards - Yuvraj Walmiki, Tushar Khandker, Shivendra Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Sarvanjit Singh, SV Sunil, Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Pradhan Sommanna, Roshan Minz, MalakSingh, Akashdeep Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Ramandeep Singh Nithin Timmaiah, Dharamvir Singh, Mandip Antil, MB Aiyappa Gurmail Singh, Arjun Antil, Damandeep Singh, Prabhdeep Singh, Ranjit Singh, Mandip Singh, MG Poonacha
Midfielders - Ignace Tirkey, Kothajit Singh, Sardar Singh, Birendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh, Vikas Sharma, Gurbaj Singh, VS Vinaya, Bharat, Pardeep Mor, SK Uthappa.
Defenders - Sandeep Singh, VR Raghunath, Rupinder Singh, Manjit Kullu, Gurjinder Singh, Harbir Singh, Amit Rohidas, Rahul Shilpkar.
Goalkeepers - Bharat Chetri, PR Sreejesh, Naveen Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Nanak Singh.
By Indian Sports News
