New Delhi, June 27 (FN Agency) After their impressive outing in Europe where the Indian men’s hockey team lived up to the billing against Belgium and the Netherlands in thrilling FIH Hockey Pro League double-headers, the team is back in the grind at the National Camp which began at SAI Centre in Bengaluru. Hockey India named 31 players for the national camp which began on Monday and will conclude on July 23 ahead of the team’s departure for Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England. Talking about the camp, chief coach Graham Reid said: “The players got a brief six-day break to go spend time with their families after the FIH Pro League matches in Europe. I believe this break has helped players return feeling fresh both mentally and physically.” “The next three weeks, we are going to focus on improving our performance.
In FIH Pro League we had the opportunity to play against the best teams in the world. I have recognized a few areas that we can do better and be consistent at. This is something we will work on in the upcoming weeks here in Bengaluru. “Commonwealth Games is a mega event with world ranking points at stake so definitely we will be vying for a good show in Birmingham.”Camp list: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak, Pawan, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh. Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Dilpreet Singh, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek, Gursahibjit Singh, Mandeep Mor, Sanjay Mohd Raheel Mouseen, Sumit, Moirangthem Rabichandra Singh, Gurinder Singh, Jaskaran, Ashis Kumar Topno and Shilanand Lakra.