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India Senior Men’s National Team Head Coach Igor Stimac, on Friday, September 29,2023, 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 semifinal on October 13. Palestine and Tajikistan will cross swords in the first semifinal earlier on the same day.
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 semifinalists.
The final list of 23 players, who will travel to Malaysia, will be announced in the second week of October.
INDIA
Goalkeepers
Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Vishal Kaith, Dheeraj Singh
Defenders
Nikhil Poojary, Roshan Singh, Sandesh Jhingan, Anwar Ali, Mehtab Singh, Lalchungnunga, Akash Mishra, Subhasish Bose
Midfielders
Jeakson Singh, Suresh Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Rohit Kumar, Sahal Abdul Samad, Brandon Fernandes, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Udanta Singh, Vikram Pratap Singh, Mahesh Singh Naorem, Liston Colaco, Nandhakumar Sekar
Forwards
Sunil Chhetri, Manvir Singh
Officials
Igor Stimac (Head Coach)
