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New Delhi: After days of
dilly-dallying, the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) finally
came out with the list of probables for the Azlan Shah hockey
tournament to be played in Kuala Lumpur from June 18 to
25.
While the fitness camp
(as described by the IHF) started in Bangalore on Tuesday
and players were told to report almost a week back, IHF
refused to release the names till Monday saying it has not
been decided yet. Going by the list, there are not many
surprises among the probables except the fact that Indian
Airlines midfielder Vinay VS has been brought back after
being dropped from the Commonwealth Games team.
Also to be re-called is another
Airlines midfielder Bimal Lakra. While questions can be
raised about the inclusion of Tamil Nadu forward Adam Sinclair
and Western Railways Shivendra Singh, IHF, it seems,
has made it a point to include almost everyone who has represented
the national team in the last one year.
Four players ? Dilip Tirkey, Sandeep
Singh, Gagan Ajit Singh and NitinKumar ? are still busy
playing in the Dutch league and have not joined the camp,
which will be held till May 17. The camp then will be shifted
to Chennai.
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