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Adrian to lead Jr World Cup hockey team

June 14, 2005 23:03 IST

Goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza will lead India [ Images ] in the men's Junior World Cup hockey [ Images ] tournament at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from June 29 to July 10.

Prior to the tournament, the team will participate in a four-nation tournament at Bilboe, Spain, from June 17-19 and train in Germany [ Images ] for a week, the Indian Hockey Federation said in a statement on Tuesday.

Besides India, Holland, Chile and hosts Spain will compete in the four-nation championship.

The Indian team, which won the last edition of the World Cup at Hobart in 2001, had a 40-day intensive training camp at Hyderabad and will depart to Bilboe from New Delhi [ Images ] on Wednesday.

The team:

Goalkeepers: Adrian D'Souza, Sreejesh P

Full backs:  William Xalxo, Ajmer Singh, Sandeep Singh.

Midfielders: Vinay V.S., Vivek Gupta, Dhananjay Mahadik, Senthil, Vickram Kanth, Navpreet Singh.

Forwards: Nitin Kumar, Adam Sinclair, Hari Prasad, Ajitesh Roy, Birender Lakra, Tushar Khandkar, V Raja.

Chief coach: Harendra Singh

Asst coach: Clarence Lobo

Physical trainer: Saju Joseph

Doctor: Dr. Ravindra Kumar

Manager: Pratap Satpathy

Umpire: Raghu Prasad