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Azlan Shah probables

Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI: The Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) announced a list of 32 probables on Tuesday for the Azlan Shah tournament to be held in Kuala Lumpur from June 18 to 25.

The list includes Deepak Thakur and Prabhjot Singh who were not in the team for the four-nation tournament in Monchengladbach, Germany. Among those recalled are midfielders Viren Rasquinha and V.S. Vinay.

The probables:

Goalkeepers: Bharat Chetri, Baljit Singh and Adrian D'Souza; full-backs: Dilip Tirkey, Kanwalpreet Singh, Sandeep Singh, Jugraj Singh, Harpal Singh and William Xalxo; midfielders: Prabodh Tirkey, Ajmer Singh, Vikram Pillay, Ignace Tirkey, V.S. Vinay, Bimal Lakra, Sunil Ekka, Nitin Kumar and Viren Rasquinha; forwards: Gagan Ajit Singh, Rajpal Singh, Tushkar Khandekar, Arjun Halappa, Adam Sinclair, Shivendra Singh, Birender Lakra, Hari Prasad, Gurvinder Singh, Sardar Singh, Didar Singh, Deepak Thakur, Prabhjot Singh and Tejbeer Singh.

Officials: V. Baskaran (chief coach), Harendra Singh (coach), M.R. Negi (goalkeeping coach), Ravi Kanakamedala (physio).

Tournament schedule (UNI reports): June 18: Argentina v New Zealand, Australia v India, South Korea v Malaysia; June 19: Holland v Pakistan, South Korea v Australia, India v Malaysia; June 20: Holland v Argentina, Pakistan v New Zealand; June 21: India v South Korea, Australia v Malaysia; June 22: Pakistan v Argentina, Holland v New Zealand; June 23: Semifinals; June 24: 7th/8th and 5th/6th place playoff; June 25: Final and 3rd/4th place playoff.