Vishal Kaith, the golden glove winner within the Indian Super League (ISL), was disregarded of the provisional squad for this month’s Hero Tri-nation International Football Tournament in Imphal which additionally marks the beginning of India’s preparations for the Asian Cup finals subsequent 12 months.
Mumbai City FC goalkeeper Phurba Lachenpa although is among the many 4 new faces India head coach Igor Stimac named on Tuesday.
“Phurba has not been part of the national team set-up but Vishal has been with us for two years so we know him and we are not ruling out calling him for the next camp. I wanted to use this opportunity to see how Phurba fits in,” Stimac instructed HT on Tuesday. Kaith is among the many 11 standbys.
Kaith had a wobbly begin to the season however goes into Saturday’s ISL ultimate with 12 clear sheets. His save of Javier Saviero’s penalty within the semi-final tie-breaker helped ATK Mohun Bagan make their second ultimate in three seasons. He was adjudged participant of the match in Monday’s second leg of the semi-final towards defending champions Hyderabad FC.
In 2022, Stimac had saved ISL golden glove winner Prabsukhan Gill in his squad for friendlies towards Belarus and Bahrain however began each video games with Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.
Bengaluru FC’s Rohit Kumar and Sivasakthi Narayanan, Mumbai City FC’s Mehtab Singh are the opposite debutants within the 23-player listing. The squad may have a five-day coaching camp right here from Wednesday earlier than flying on March 21. Those concerned within the ISL ultimate will be a part of on March 19, as per an All India Football Federation media launch.
“Since this is a short camp, I did not want to disturb the core of the team. So, I could not call too many new players,” stated Stimac.
Myanmar and Kyrgyzstan are the opposite groups within the three-nation meet that may run from March 22-March 28. These can be India’s first internationals because the 1-1 draw towards Singapore and the 0-3 loss to Vietnam final September.
The squad:
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Phurba Lachenpa , Amrinder Singh.
Defenders: Sandesh Jhingan, Roshan Singh, Anwar Ali, Akash Mishra, Chinglensana Konsham, Rahul Bheke, Mehtab Singh, Glan Martins.
Midfielders: Suresh Wangjam, Rohit Kumar, Anirudh Thapa, Brandon Fernandes, Yasir Mohammad, Ritwik Das, Jeakson Singh, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Bipin Singh.
Forwards: Manvir Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Sivasakthi Narayanan.
Head Coach: Igor Stimac.
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