Stephen Constantine has chosen an inexperienced squad for the upcoming SAFF Championship to be held in Bangladesh.
The preliminary squad of 35 players consist of 34 U-23 players including 4 players from the Indian arrows. The only over 23 player is Star striker Sumeet Passi who has been in blistering form scoring 0 goals in the last 2 years.
Vignesh D is another surprise call up the 20-year-old midfielder has hardly completed 90 minutes for Ozone FC in the 2nd division.
The Squad
GOALKEEPERS: Vishal Kaith, Toufik Kabir, Kamaljit Singh, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill.
DEFENDERS: Nishu Kumar, Umesh Perambhara, Davinder Singh, Chinglensana Singh, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sarthak Golui, Lalruatthara, Subhasish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala.
MIDFIELDERS: Nikhil Poojary, Isaac Vanmalswama, S Nandha Kumar, Udanta Singh, Vinit Rai, Germanpreet Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Rohit Kumar, Suresh Singh Wangjam, Arjun Jayaraj, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Ashique Kuruniyan, Vignesh D, Rahim Ali.
FORWARDS: Sumit Passi, Daniel Lalhlimpuia, Hitesh Sharma, Alen Deory, Manvir Singh, Kivi Zhimomi, Rahul KP