32 players selected for National Coaching Camp in Kolkata

New Delhi, July 21 (UNI) All India Football Federation has shortlisted 32 players to attend National Coaching Camp at Kolkata next month in preparation for the crucial AFC Asian Cup qualifying match against mighty Saudi Arabia on August 16 in the eastern metropolis.

The prepatory camp gets under way on August 4.

Pitted alongside heavyweights like Saudi Arabia and Japan in the Group A, an exit seems imminent for India who are at the bottom of the basket after two matches with no point to their credit.

The fourth team in the group is Yemen.

Team: Galkeepers: Sandip Nandy (Mah Utd), Subrata Paul (Mohun Bagan), Subhasis Roy Chaudhary (Mah Utd), Arindam Bhattacharya (TFA) Defenders: Surukumar Singh(Mah Utd), Mahesh Gawli(Mah Utd), N S Manju (Mah Utd), Deepak Mondal (Mohun Bagan), Samir Naik(Dempo), Anupam Sarkar (EB), Narinder Singh (JCT), N P Pradeep(Mah Utd), Habibur Rehman Mondal(EB), Abdul Bashir(SBT), Joe Paul Ancheri (Kerala), Debabrata Roy(EB), Sanjiv Maria(Mohun Bagan), Rakesh Masih (TFA) Midfielders: S Venkatesh(Mah Utd), Steven Dias (Mah Utd), Mehrajuddin Wadoo (Mohun Bagan), Manjit Singh(Bengal), Dharamjit Singh (Mohun Bagan), P Renedy Singh(JCT), Tarif Ahmed (East Bengal), Micky Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Madhab Kumar Das (Mohd Sporting), Bibiano Fernandes (EB), K Ajayan(Mah Utd) Forwards: Sushil Kumar Singh(Mohun Bagan), Rahim Nabi(EB), Fredy Mascarnhas (EB) UNI DH AY VV1641