KOLKATA: Mohammedan Sporting Club striker Manvir Singh has been named in the 34-man probable list for India senior national team – which will be trimmed down further to a 23-member squad – ahead of the upcoming AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 qualifier against Macau to be held on 5th September.
The 21-year-old was recently part of the India Under-23 squad which participated in the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers held in Doha.
Though India failed to qualify for the AFC U-23 Championship finals to be held in China next year, but Manvir impressed everyone with his performance and even scored against Turkmenistan in India’s 3-1 victory, that earned him his maiden senior national team call up.
The players named by National Team Coach Stephen Constantine would be assembling in Chennai on 11th August for a training camp before participating in the AIFF Champions Cup, which is scheduled to take place in August between India and three other countries from either the AFC, CAF or CONCACAF.
The list of probables stays as follows:
GOALKEEPERS: Subrata Paul, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Albino Gomes, Vishal Kaith, TP Rehenesh
DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Arnab Mondal, Anas Edathodika, Narayan Das, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Lalruatthara, Salam Ranjan Singh, Sarthak Golui, Davinder Singh
MIDFIELDERS: Dhanapal Ganesh, Jackichand Singh, Seityasen Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Bikash Jairu, Milan Singh, Udanta Singh, Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Md. Rafique, Rowllin Borges, Halicharan Narzary, Germanpreet Singh, Anirudh Thapa
FORWARDS: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sumeet Passi, Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh, Balwant Singh, Manvir Singh