Veteran striker Sunil Chhetri was the one notable face within the 17-member Indian squad for the Hangzhou Asian Video games because the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF) lastly managed to sew a second-rung crew, however there’s nonetheless an enormous query mark on head coach Igor Stimac accompanying the crew.
Many of the golf equipment had proven unwillingness to launch the 22 gamers named within the Indian squad because the Asian Video games’ soccer competitors schedule clashes with the ISL, which begins on September 21.
However after extended and hectic parleys, the AIFF was in a position to announce an under-strength crew made up of 9 gamers from the unique 22, together with Chhetri, whereas the remaining had been made up of inexperienced gamers from the golf equipment.
The nationwide federation, which was in a position to sew collectively the crew simply three days earlier than its departure for China, nonetheless thanked the Indian Tremendous League golf equipment and the FSDL “for coordinating with it for the discharge of gamers”.
The Indian Squad:
Gurmeet Singh, Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sumit Rathi, Narender Gahlot, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Samuel James, Rahul Ok.P., Abdul Rabeeh Anjukandan, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Bryce Miranda, Azfar Noorani, Rahim Ali, Vincy Bareto, Sunil Chhetri, Rohit Danu, Gurkirat Singh, Aniket Jadhav.