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India U-17 team players selected to play at AFC U-19 qualifiers by Luis Norton De Matos

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Published at :October 20, 2017 at 11:44 AM
Modified at :October 20, 2017 at 11:44 AM
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The U-17 lads take on a new journey and will represent the nation at the AFC U-19 Championships.

Luis Norton de Matos, Head Coach of the India U-19 National Team has summoned 29 probables for the preparatory camp being held in the Capital for the forthcoming AFC U-19 Qualifiers to be held in Saudi Arabia early next month.

India who have been clubbed with hosts Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Turkmenistan in Group D play their first match against Saudi Arabia on November 4 followed by matches against Yemen and Turkmenistan on November 6 and 8 respectively.

In a previous article, Khel Now revealed that sources close to the developments said that the U-17 boys will be playing the AFC U-19 championships in Saudi Arabia come the month of November. This tournament will be extremely beneficial for the boys after impressing the crowd in the U-17 World cup, the team would look forward to stepping up their performances in this tournament. Some of the stand-out players from the U-17 side such as Dheeraj Singh, Jeakson Singh, Amarjit KiyamAnwar Ali would love to carry over their current form to really establish a name for themselves in the footballing scene in India. 

The probable list of 29 has players from the AIFF U-19 Academy as well as the Indian U-17 World Cup squad which played in the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.

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The contingent will be leaving Delhi on October 25 to Doha where they will be playing a practice match against Qatar U-19 National Team on October 28 before proceeding to Dammam, Saudi Arabia for the AFC U-19 Qualifiers.

Players who've been left out are Namit Deshpande, who had a terrific game against Colombia. Also left out are Antony Hendry and Mohd. Shahjahan and Sunny Dhaliwal, players who didn't play a part at the FIFA U-17 World Cup earlier this month. 

The list of 29 probables in the Camp stay as follows:

GOALKEEPERS: Dheeraj Singh, Prabhsukhan Singh Gill, Mohammad Nawaz.

DEFENDERS: Boris Singh, Jitendra Singh, Anwar Ali, Sanjeev Stalin, Sahil Panwar, Deepak Tangri, Amal Das, Namgyal Bhutia, Asish Rai.

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MIDFIELDERS: Suresh Singh, Ninthoinganba Meetei, Amarjit Singh, Abhijit Sarkar, Lalengmawia, Komal Thatal, Jeakson Singh, Nongdamba Naorem, Rahul Kannoly Praveen, Naorem Roshan Singh, Pranjal Bhumij, Abhishek Haldar, Princeton Rebello.

FORWARDS: Aniket Jadhav, Rahim Ali, Lalawampuia, Edmund Lalrindika.

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Alex is graduate in the mass communication in 2016 since then he is covering global sports for Khel Now. He is covering sports tech, igaming, sports betting and casino domain from 2017.

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