Diwakar Ram to lead U-21 team to Pakistan

New Delhi, Oct 31 (UNI) Promising defender Diwakar Ram will lead 20-member U-21 Indian Hockey Team to Pakistan for five match Test series to be played there from November 11-21.

Karachi (Nov 11), Rawalpindi (Nov 13), Faislabad (Nov 15), Sialkot (Nov 18) and Lahore (Nov 21) are the venues for the matches.

Team: Goalkeepers: Mrinal Chaubay (SAI Bhopal), C Santosh Kumar (Hyd) Defenders: Diwakar Ram (capt, SAIL) Innocent Kullu, Manjit Kullu (Rlys), Hari Kripal Yadav (SAI Lucknow) Midfielders: Birendra Lakra (SAIL), Amardeep Ekka (Ori), Belsezer Horo, Vivek (Rlys) Upinder Pal Singh (IOC), Mohd Asif (SAI, Lucknow) Forwards: Pramod Kumar, Jagwant Singh, Mandip Antil (ONGC), Danish Mujtaba (IOC), Dharamvir Singh (Air India), Jai Karan, Mohd Amir khan (UP), Karamjit Singh (Namdhari) Officials Chief Coach: A K Banssal, Coach: Clarence Lobo, Manager:Rajeev Mehta, Trainer:Pradip Dutta, Umpire G S Sangha.

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