{"id":15158,"date":"2013-05-30T02:19:14","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T02:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15158"},"modified":"2013-05-30T02:19:14","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T02:19:14","slug":"sandeep-makes-a-comeback-sardar-to-lead-team-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15158","title":{"rendered":"Sandeep makes a comeback, Sardar to lead Team India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-3020\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sardar_singh.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"sardar singh\" style=\"margin-right: 6px; margin-left: 6px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sardar_singh.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sardar_singh-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>New Delhi: Senior drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and forward Shivendra Singh on Wednesday returned to the Indian men&#8217;s hockey team for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-finals) to be held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands from June 13-23.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sandeep, who was left out of the Indian squad for the FIH Hockey World League Round 2 held here earlier this year, made a comeback to the national side along with Shivendra, who last played for India in last year&#8217;s London Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Sardar will continue to lead the 18-member squad while drag-flicker V R Raghunath has been named his deputy.<\/p>\n<p>Hockey India Selectors Col. Balbir Singh, B P Govinda, Director High Performance Roelant Oltmans and Chief Coach Michael Nobbs alongwith Government Observer Harbinder Singh selected the list of 18 players during the meeting held on 17 May 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The 18 member squad will be Captained by midfielder Sardar Singh (167 caps) while defender VR Raghunath (137 caps) will be the Vice-Captain.<\/p>\n<p>The senior men team camp is currently underway and commenced at Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC), Bangalore on May 16 as final preparations for this tournament. The team will depart for Rotterdam on June 5, with their opening match scheduled against Ireland on June 13.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian team qualified for the FIH Men World League Round 3 (Semi-Finals) in February this year by winning the World League Round 2 tournament in Delhi. The FIH World League is a qualification tournament for the FIH Men\u2019s World Cup 2014 to be played in The Hague, The Netherland from 31 May-15 June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>India is placed in Pool B with hosts The Netherlands, New Zealand and Ireland while Australia, Spain, Belgium and fourth team (to be known after the conclusion of the final tournament of FIH World League Round 2 on 2 June 2013) are placed in Pool A.<\/p>\n<p>List of the 18 players is as under-<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers<\/p>\n<p>1. P R Sreejesh<\/p>\n<p>2. P T Rao<\/p>\n<p>Defenders<\/p>\n<p>3. VR Raghunath (Vice-Captain)<\/p>\n<p>4. Sandeep Singh<\/p>\n<p>5. Rupinder Pal Singh<\/p>\n<p>6. Harbir Singh Sandhu<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders<\/p>\n<p>7. Birendra Lakra<\/p>\n<p>8. Sardar Singh (Captain)<\/p>\n<p>9. Manpreet Singh<\/p>\n<p>10. Kothajit Singh<\/p>\n<p>11. Gurmail Singh<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>12. SV Sunil<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">13. Shivendra Singh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>14. Chinglensana Singh<\/p>\n<p>15. Nithin Thimmaiah<\/p>\n<p>16. Dharamvir Singh<\/p>\n<p>17. Akashdeep Singh<\/p>\n<p>18. Mandeep Singh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Senior drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and forward Shivendra Singh on Wednesday returned to the Indian men&#8217;s hockey team for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-finals) to be held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands from June 13-23. Sandeep, who was left out of the Indian squad for the FIH Hockey World League Round 2 held [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[9248,9246,1205,9245,6293,280,9247,771,1143],"class_list":["post-15158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-latest","tag-fih-hockey-world-league-round-2","tag-fih-world-league-round-3-semi-finals","tag-india","tag-indian-mens-hockey-team","tag-indian-sports-news-network","tag-london-olympics","tag-sandeep","tag-sandeep-singh","tag-shivendra-singh"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sandeep makes a comeback, Sardar to lead Team India - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=15158\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sandeep makes a comeback, Sardar to lead Team India - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New Delhi: Senior drag-flicker Sandeep Singh and forward Shivendra Singh on Wednesday returned to the Indian men&#8217;s hockey team for the FIH World League Round 3 (semi-finals) to be held at Rotterdam, The Netherlands from June 13-23. 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