The core group called up for the national coaching camp includes Krishan Bahadur Pathak, Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran, Suraj Karkera, Pawan Malik, Prashant Kumar, Jarmanpreet Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh, Jugraj Singh, Mandeep Mor, Nilam Sanjeep Xess, Sanjay, Yashdeep Siwach and Dipsan Tirkey.
Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Shamsher Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Rajkumar Pal, Sumit, Akashdeep Singh, Gurjant Singh, Mohd. Raheel Mouseen, Maninder Singh, S Karthi, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Manjeet, Pawan Rajbhar have also been named in the core group.
The Indian men’s hockey team is currently atop the pool table in the FIH Hockey Pro League 2022-23 after recent victories over reigning World Champions Germany and Australia in Rourkela.
India has 19 points from the eight matches they have played this season, with Captain Harmanpreet Singh leading the league in scoring with 11 goals. Meanwhile, Spain is second with 17 points from 8 games, and Argentina is third with 13 points from 12 games.
The Indian Men’s core group will report to interim coaches David John, BJ Kariappa, and Shivendra Singh for the national coaching camp.