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09-09 Poonam to captain girls hockey Asia U18

2011-09-09 14:09:00

Poonam Rani was on Friday named captain of the 18-member Indian squad for the third girls under-18 hockey Asia Cup, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from September 16-25.

India have been placed in Pool B alongwith China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.

Pool A comprises Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Chinese Taipei.

The Indian squad has two goal-keepers, five defenders, five mid-fielders and six forward players.

B K Subramani will be the chief coach of the side while N S Saini and Pritam Siwach will be the assistant coaches, according to the Hockey India press release.

Squad: Goalkeepers: Bigan Soy, Swati Defenders : Jaspreet Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Apoorva Vishwakarma, Balvinder Kaur Mehra, Deep Grace Ekka

Midfielders: Poonam Rani (C), Neha, Namita Toppo, Nikki Pradhan, Shivani Bisht.

Forwards: Neha Goyal, Navjot Kaur, Surabhi Pradhan Anupa Barla, Nilima Minz, Renuka Rajputaini.

Standbys: M Kiran Devi, Sonam Bhardwaj, D S Harnakshi. Officials : Dr Shobha Singh - Manager B.K.Subramani - Chief Coach N.S.Saini - Asst. Coach Pritam Siwach - Asst. Coach Match Schedule: 6 Sept. India v Kazakhstan 17 Sept. India v Sri Lanka 20 Sept. India v China 22 Sept. India v Malaysia 23 Sept. Semi Final, Classification Matches 25 Sept. Bronze Medal and Gold Medal Match.