Pre-Olympic Qualifier: 18-Man India Under-23 Squad Announced For First Round Tie Against Qatar

Ten Indian Arrows members have made it into the final 18-man India Under-23 squad for the two-legged first round Pre-Olympic qualifying tie against Qatar.

The final 18-man squad has been announced for India Under-23's first round Pre-Olympic qualifying tie against Qatar.

Ten Indian Arrows members made it to the final squad and defender Raju Gaikwad has been named as captain.

The first leg will be played at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha on June 19th and the return leg will take place at Pune's Balewadi Sports Complex on 23rd June.

Desmond Bulpin's side had beaten Myanmar 3-2 on aggregate in the preliminary round to setup this two-legged tie against Qatar.

Squad:

GOALKEEPERS: Laxmikant Kattimani (Dempo SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Indian Arrows)

DEFENDERS: Raju Eknath Gaikwad (Capt.), Deepak Devrani, Abhishek Das (all Indian Arrows); Arnab Mondal (Chirag United), Saba Saleel (ONGC)
MIDFIELDERS: Jewel Raja Sheikh, Shilton Sydney D’Silva, Kh. Jibon Singh, Lalrindika Ralte (all Indian Arrows); Gurjinder Kumar (Pune FC), Snehasish Chakraborthy (McDowell Mohun Bagan), Anthony Barbosa (Salgaocar SC), Zakir Mundampara (Churchill Brothers)

FORWARDS: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Manandeep Singh (both Indian Arrows); CS Sabeeth (Viva Kerala)

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