Sandeep named India captain

The national hockey selectors on Friday named drag flicker Sandeep Singh as captain of the Indian senior team for the Test series in Argentina starting next week.

The national hockey selectors on Friday named drag flicker Sandeep Singh as captain of the Indian senior team for the Test series in Argentina starting next week and the subsequent four-nation Punjab Gold Cup.

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Squad: Goalkeepers: Adrian D'Souza, Baljit Singh, full backs: Dilip Tirkey, Sandeep Singh (capt), V Raghunath; midfielders: Prabodh Tirkey, V S Vinaya, Vikas Pillay, Gurbaj Singh; forwards: Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur, Rajpal Singh, Sarwanjit Singh, Ravi Pal Singh, Hari Prasad, Shivendra Singh, Tushar Khandekar, Bharat Chhikara.

German squad: Jacob (GK), Weinhold (GK), Butt, Deecke, Furste, Haner, Hauke, Lietz, Kevin, Markowsky, Menke, Muller, Otto, Rabente, Witte, Woesch