2011 SAFF Cup: India squad named

India have named their 20 players squad for the 2011 SAFF Cup which starts tomorrow at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi. The team will be captained by Climax Lawrence.

Coach Savio Medeira has left out Jaspal Singh Parmar, Debabrata Roy, Francis Fernandes, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Baldeep Singh and Baljit Singh Sahni from his final 20 player squad, which he hopes will retain the title won two years ago by India's Under-23 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


INDIA

Goalkeepers
Subhashish Roy Chowdhury (Dempo SC), Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club)

Defenders
Nirmal Chettri (East Bengal Club), Mahesh Gawli (Dempo SC), Samir Naik (Dempo SC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Govin Moirangthem Singh (United Sikkim FC), Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Churchill Brothers SC)

Midfielders
Steven Benedic Dias (Churchill Brothers SC), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Climax Lawrence [C] (Dempo SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), Anthony Pereira (Dempo SC), Lalrindika Ralte (Churchill Brothers SC), Jewel Raja Sheikh (Mohun Bagan AC)

Strikers
Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), Sunil Chhetri (Mohun Bagan AC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Sushil Kumar Singh (United Sikkim FC)