2018 Intercontinental Cup: India announce 30-man squad for camp in Mumbai

Shouvik Chakrabarti, Laldanmawia Ralte, Sanjiban Ghosh and Ashique Kuruniyan make the cut after impressive performances in the domestic season...

Indian national senior men's team head coach Stephen Constantine announced a 30-man preliminary squad for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup in June. Souvik Chakrabarti, Laldanmawia Ralte, Sanjiban Ghosh and Ashique Kuruniyan have all made the cut, as per the squad list sent to the respective clubs by the All Football Federation (AIFF).

The squad is set to participate in a training camp in Mumbai to be held from May 16 to May 18.

Team will participate in the four-nation Intercontinental Cup, starting from June 1, alongside , Chinese Taipei and New Zealand. This tournament is expected to provide the Indian football team some much-needed game time before the AFC to be held in in January 2019.

This also paves the way for head coach Stephen Constantine to experiment with the team combination and find his best XI.

Souvik Chakrabarti, Laldanmawia Ralte, Sanjiban Ghosh and Ashique Kuruniyan benefitted from impressive performances in the domestic season.

FULL SQUAD:



GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu ( ), Amrinder Singh ( FC), Vishal Kaith ( ); Sanjiban Ghosh ( )



DEFENDERS: Subhasish Bose (Bengaluru FC), Sandesh Jhingan, Lalruatthara (both FC), Souvik Chakrabarti, Anas Edathodika ( both Jamshedpur FC), Salam Ranjan Singh ( ), Jerry Lalrinzuala ( ), Narayan Das ( ), Pritam Kotal ( ), Davinder Singh (Mumbai City FC)



MIDFIELDERS: Rowllin Borges, Halicharan Narzary (both FC), Dhanapal Ganesh, Anirudh Thapa (both Chennaiyin FC), Udanta Singh (Bengaluru FC), Mohammed Rafique (East Bengal), Bikash Jairu (Jamshedpur FC) Pronay Halder (FC Goa), Laldanmawia Ralte (East Bengal), Ashique Kuruniyan (FC Pune City),



FORWARDS: Balwant Singh (Mumbai City FC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Chennaiyin FC), Seiminlen Doungel (NorthEast United FC), Alen Deory ( FC), Manvir Singh (FC Goa), Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC).