Indian team named for World Cup football qualifiers

New Delhi: Indian football chief coach Stephen Constantine on Wednesday announced a 22-member senior national squad for the back-to-back World Cup qualifying matches against Turkmenistan and Oman.

The senior players have been asked to report to Mumbai on October 4 as India will play Turkmenistan in Ashgabat on October 8 before clashing with Oman in Muscat on October 13, an AIFF release said.

The list of Players is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Subrata Paul, Karanjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.

Defenders: Arnab Mondal, Sandesh Jhingan, Aiborlang Khongjee, Dhanachandra Singh, Lalchhuanmawia, Narayan Das, Rino Anto, Pritam Kotal.

Midfielders: Eugenson Lyngdoh, Cavin Lobo, Sehnaj Singh, Jackichand Singh, Pronoy Halder, Francis Fernandes, Rowlin Borges, Bikash Jairu.

Forwards: Jeje Lalpekhlua, Robin Singh, Sunil Chhetri.

Head Coach: Stephen Constantine.