Mandar, Adil, Brandon & Rowllin in Stimac's top 25 list

Goan lads Mandar Rao Dessai, Brandon Fernandes, Adil Khan and Rowllin Borges have made it in the National Team Head Coach Igor Stimac list of 25 for India’s campaign. The national team will begin their campaign for the upcoming Hero Intercontinental Cup. It will to kick-off at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad from 7th of July.

The Defending champions India will take on Tajikistan in their first match on an opening day, while Syria and DPR Korea are the other two participating teams. All teams will play each other once with the top two making it to the final. All matches kick-off at 8 in the evening. Indian Arrows defender Narender Gahlot was named in the list along with Mandar Rao Dessai.

The list will be cut down to 23 prior to the kick-off of the tournament. Stimac had a list of 35 players for the preparatory camp in Mumbai which had kicked-off in Mumbai on June 25. 10 players were released. Vishal Kaith, Nishu Kumar, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sarthak Golui, Anwar Ali, Raynier Fernandes, Michael Soosairaj, Nikhil Poojary, Jackichand Singh, and Balwant Singh, while Ashique Kuruniyan was earlier released from the camp.

INTERCONTINENTAL CUP 2019
TEAM INDIA

GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh.

DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Rahul Bheke, Sandesh Jhingan, Adil Khan, Anas Edathodika, Narender Gahlot, Subhasish Bose, Jerry Lalrinzuala.

MIDFIELDERS:Udanta Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Pronay Halder, Rowllin Borges, Vinit Rai, Sahal Abdul, Amarjit Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Mandar Rao Desai.

FORWARDS:Jobby Justin, Sunil Chhetri, Farukh Choudhary, Manvir Singh.