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Star striker Bhaichung Bhutia has been retained skipper of the 20-member Indian soccer team announced today for the LG Cup in Vietnam later this month and the World Cup qualifying match against Japan here on September 8.
Naming the side, chief national coach Stephen Constantine was confident that the team would win the title in the LG Cup slated to begin from August 22, in a repeat of its historic triumph in the tournament in 2002. “I am 100 per cent satisfied with the team. The progress has been very good in the ongoing camp. We’re going to win the tourney,” Constantine told a news conference here. The team comprises two goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven medios and four forwards. The coach said midfielder Tomba Singh and stand-by Surkumar Singh have been included on the recommendation of selectors.
THE SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Sangram Mukherjee and Naseem Akhtar;
Defenders: Dipak Mandal, Debjit Ghosh, Mahesh Gawli, Habibur Rahman, Vinu Jose, Sameer Naik and Debabrata Roy;
Midfielders: S Venkatesh, Climax Lawrence, Jatin Singh Bisht, Rennedy Singh, Steven Dias, Jerry Zirsanga and Tomba Singh;
Forwards: Bhaichung Bhutia (capt), Abhishek Yadav, R C Prakash and Asim Biswas. (PTI)
