Two Chandigarh Football Academy trainees among 24 AIFF probables

Balbir Singh

Wednesday, 02 June 2010

CHANDIGARH: Two boys of the Chandigarh Football Academy which is being run by the Chandigarh Sports Department are among 24 probables selected for the Asian Games 2010 to be held in China in November.

Chandigarh Football Academy midfielder Bikramjit Singh and defender Deepak Devrani are trainees of former India captain Tejinder Kumar who is a senior coach in the Chandigarh Sports Department.

According to a communication received here from AIFF general secretary Alberto Colaco, among the probables are three from Punjab. Two of them – Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Jagroop Singh --  are goalkeepers Inderpreet is defender.

Probables: Defenders: Vishal Kumar Ravinder Kumar (Karnataka), Abhishek Das (West Bengal), Inderpreet Singh (Punjab), Deepak Devrani (Chandigarh), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (WIFA), Souvik Ghosh (West Bengal), Lalrozama Fanai (Mizoram), Prathmesh Premnath Maulingkar (Goa).

Midfielders: Akshay Vimal Kumar Mall (Gujarat), Subodh Kumar (Jharkhand), O Milan Singh (Jharkhand), Shilton D’Silva (WIFA), Jewel Raja Sheikh (IFA),  Bikramjit Singh (Chandigarh), Lalrindika Ralte (Mizoram), Tirthankar Sarkar (West Bengal), Kh Jibon Singh (Manipur).

Forwards: Mandeep (Haryana), Jagtar Singh (Punjab), Malsawmfela (Mizoram).
Goalkeepers: Ravi Kumar (TFA), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Punjab) and Jagroop Singh (Punjab).