Igor Stimac Announce 23-men Squad for Tri-Nation Tournament

14 Mar 2023 | Written By Shyam Sundar

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Indian National Team head coach Igor Stimac has announced 23-men squad for the upcoming Hero Tri-Nation International friendly tournament. India will be up against against Kyrgyztan and Myanmar in the tournament. While Stimac hinted that he might not select players who are set to feature in the ISL finals, he has selected a few of them.

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Stimac has handed maiden NT call-up's to five players namely Mehtab Singh, Sivasakthi Narayanan, Phurba Lachenpa, Ritwik Das and Rohit Kumar following their impressive ISL campaign with their respective clubs. While he has given debuts to certain players, he has left out golden glove winner Vishal Kaith out of the main squad which has raised a few eyebrows. To add more context to it, Amrinder Singh who has been pretty average this season, has been called up ahead of Kaith. Also, top Indian assist provider Naorem Mahesh Singh along with Nandhakumar Sekar and Asish Rai are other players who have failed to make the final 23-men squad.

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Along with the 23-men final squad, Stimac also announced 11-men Reserve squad which included the NT regulars like Subhasish Bose, Pritam Kotal, Ishan Pandita, Liston Colaco, Sahal Abdul Samad and few more youngsters.

Provisional Squad:

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Phurba Lachenpa Tempa, Amrinder Singh.
Defenders: Sandesh Jhingan, Roshan Singh, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra, Chinglensana Konsham, Rahul Bheke, Mehtab Singh.
Midfielders: Suresh Wangjam, Rohit Kumar, Anirudh Thapa, Brandon Fernandes, Yasir Mohammad, Ritwik Das, Jeakson Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Bipin Singh, Glan Martins.
Forwards: Manvir Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Sivasakthi Narayanan.

List of Reserves:

Goalkeepers: Vishal Kaith, Prabhsukhan Gill.
Defenders: Subhasish Bose, Pritam Kotal, Asish Rai, Narender Gahlot.
Midfielders: Liston Colaco, Nikhil Poojary, Sahal Abdul Samad, Naorem Mahesh Singh.
Forwards: Ishan Pandita.