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Pillay the lone new face

NEW DELHI: Vikas Pillay, a promising midfielder, is the lone new face in the 22-member Indian hockey team that will tour Argentina and also participate in the four-nation Punjab Gold Cup to be held at Chandigarh from January 31 to February 9.

India will play four Tests against Argentina at Mar del Plata on January 18, 19, 21 and 22 and the team would be then pruned to 18 for the Gold Cup.

The team:

Goalkeepers: Baljit Singh, Adrian D’Souza; Full Backs: Dilip Tirkey, Sandeep Singh, V. Raghunath; Midfielders: Gurbaj Singh, V.S. Vinaya, Sardar Singh, Vikram Pillay, Prabodh Tirkey, Vikas Pillay; Forwards: Rajpal Singh, Tushar Khandkar, Prabhjot Singh, Deepak Thakur, Bharat Chhikara, Arjun Halappa, Shivendra Singh, S.V. Sunil, Ravi Pal Singh, Sarwanjit Singh and Hari Prasad.

Standbys: P.R. Sreejesh, Bharat Chetri, William Xalco, Samir Baxla, Ajitesh Rai, Ignace Tirkey, Senthil Kumar, Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Birender Lakra, Bikas Toppo, Roshan Minz and Osaf ur Rehman

Officials: Harendra Singh (Coach in Charge), Ramandeep Singh (Coach), Romeo James (Coach), Srikant Iyengar (Physiotherapist) and M.V. Mathai (Trainer).

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