Team India: Koevermans selects 27 players for final Nehru Cup camp

National Coach Wim Koevermans has named his list of 27 probables for the forthcoming 2012 Nehru Cup which kicks-off at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on August 22.

Koevermans has been in charge of the ongoing preparatory Camp at the KSFA Stadium's artificial turf in Bangalore from August 3. The Team will shift base to Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida in mid-August for the final preparation phase ahead of the Nehru Cup.

Among the 27 players, only striker Sunil Chhetri hasn't joined the Camp in Bangalore as yet. However, the AIFF has received written assurances from Chhetri's club side Sporting Clube de Portugal that he will be joining the Camp after August 12.

Koevermans had a detailed discussion with Chhetri's club coach and the player himself. "I'm happy that we got confirmation from his club on his release on August 12 and that leaves us get enough time to work with the player to prepare ourselves for the Nehru Cup," Wim Koevermans said.

The follow 10 players have been released from the original list of 37 probables: Arindam Bhattacharya (Mohun Bagan AC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club), Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Souvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Gurjinder Kumar Singh (Pune FC), Denson Devadas (Mohun Bagan AC), Adil Ahmed Khan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal Club) and Sushil Kumar Singh (Shillong Lajong FC).

The Coach will be selecting his final 20-member squad prior to the 2012 Nehru Cup.


INDIA Probables

Goalkeepers
Subrata Pal (Prayag United SC), Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (Dempo SC), Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC)

Defenders
Nirmal Chettri (Mohun Bagan AC), Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers SC), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (East Bengal Club), Nallappan Mohanraj (Pune FC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Prayag United SC), Gurwinder Singh (East Bengal Club), Irungbam Khelemba Singh (Mohun Bagan AC)

Midfielders
Joaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Alwyn George (Pailan Arrows), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), Gilbert Oliviera (Salgaocar SC), Anthony Pereira (Dempo SC), Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal Club), Jewel Raja Sheikh (Mohun Bagan AC), Baldeep Singh (Prayag United SC), Ongnam Milan Singh (Pailan Arrows)

Forwards
Sunil Chhetri (Sporting Clube de Portugal 'B'), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Manandeep Singh (East Bengal Club), Robin Singh (East Bengal Club)

Officials
Wim Koevermans (Head Coach), Savio Medeira (Assistant Coach), Marcus Pacheco (Goalkeeper Coach)