India Asian Champions Trophy 2024 Squad Update; Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey | After the Olympics, the Indian hockey team will play the Asian Champions Trophy: first match against China on September 8; Krishna Bahadur Pathak becomes goalkeeper after Shreejes’s retirement

The Indian team has been announced for the Asian Champions Trophy.

Hockey India on Wednesday announced the 18-member Indian team for the Asian Champions Trophy to be held in China. Harmanpreet Singh will captain the team in the tournament. 10 players who won bronze medal in Paris Olympics have been included in this team. While 5 players have been rested.

This tournament will be played in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia from 8 to 17 September. India will play its first match against host China on September 8. The Indian team is the defending champion of this tournament. Last year, the team won the title by defeating Malaysia in the final match of the tournament. Therefore, the Indian team will defend its title in the tournament.

The Indian team is the defending champion of the Asian Champions Trophy.

Goalkeeping responsibility on Pathak-Karkera in place of Sreejesh
Indian hockey team’s veteran goalkeeper PR Sreejesh retired after the Paris Olympics. Therefore, Krishna Bahadur Pathak and Suraj Karkera have been selected in place of Sreejesh for the role of goalkeeper in the team.

Goalkeeper PR Sreejesh retired after the Paris Olympics.

Indian men’s hockey team for Asian Champions Trophy 2024
Goalkeeper: Krishna Bahadur Pathak, Suraj Karkera.
Defender: Jarmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Harmanpreet Singh (captain), Jugraj Singh, Sanjay, Sumit.
Midfielders: Raj Kumar Pal, Neelkanth Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad (Vice Captain), Manpreet Singh, Mohammad Raheel Mousin.
Forward: Abhishek, Sukhjeet Singh, Arijit Singh Hundal, Uttam Singh, Gurjot Singh.

Indian team won bronze medal in Paris Olympics
Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Singh, the Indian hockey team won the bronze medal in the recently concluded Paris Olympics. The Indian team had defeated Spain 2-1 in the bronze medal match. This was the Indian team’s second consecutive bronze medal in the Olympics. In the Tokyo Olympics also, the team won bronze by defeating Germany.

Indian hockey team won bronze medal in Paris Olympics.