Selected hockey players report for camp Monday

Dhaka, 11 Feb -  The preliminary selected hockey players will report Monday (Feb 14) to team’s head coach Iman Gobinathan Krishnamurthy for the training camp at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) in Savar.

The players will go through COVID-19 test in the morning at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium and then move to the BKSP in the afternoon to report for the camp, said Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) acting general secretary Mohammad Yousuf to BSS today.

Earlier, BHF picked up a 28-member squad for the national team’s camp for the Men’s AHF Cup 2022, which is also the qualifying event for the next edition’s Asia Cup, to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia from March 11 to 18.

The players will continue their training camp at BKSP till the tournament under the supervision of coach Iman Gobinathan Krishnamurthy who also served the national team’s head coach for sixth Men’s Asian Champions Trophy held in December last year in Dhaka.

Those who were called for the camp are Goalkeepers: Biplob Kujur, Abu Sayeed Nippon, Asim Ghope, Nuruzzaman Noyon; Defenders: Khorshedur Rahman, Farhd Ahmed Shitul, Ashraful Islam, Sohanur Rahman Sabuz, Mehedi Hasan, Rezaul Karim Babu, Shafiul Alam Shishir, Sarwar Morshed Shaon, Khaled Mahmud Rakin; Midfielders: Sarwar Hossain, Roman Sarkar, Naim Uddin, Fazle Hossain Rabbi, Prince Lal Samanta, Raju Ahmed Topu, Abed Uddin; Forwards: Rasel Mahmud Jimmy, Milon Hossain, Pushkor Khisha Mimo, Arshad Hossain, Deen Islam Emon, Rakibul Hasan Robi(Jr), Mahabub Hossain, Rajib Das.BSS