22-men Sikkim football squad leaves for Santosh Trophy

Gangtok, Sep 11 (UNI) A 22-member Sikkim squad left for Haryana today to participate in the Santosh Trophy Football Championship to be held at Faridabad and Gurgaon from September 14.

The team included coach Suresh Mukhia and manager Arjun Rai.

Sikkim is scheduled to play its first league match at Faridabad against Assam on september 15 and meet Services in its second outing. The state will take on Chandigarh in its last league match.

The team : Karma Tshering Bhutia, Bimal Bagdas, Nirmal Chettri, Karma LhendupLepcha, Ruben Rai, Allen Tshering Bhutia, Michael Lepcha, Tashi Rapden, Sanju Pradhan, Sagar Rai, Milan Lepcha, Gyanendra Karki, Rohit Ansari, Rupesh Diyali, Kamal Bagdas, Dawn Lepcha, Tenzing Chepel, C Sherpa, Bir Bahadur Pradhan and Mahendra Karki.

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