India national team head coach Stephen Constantine has named a 34-man preliminary list for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 scheduled to kickoff in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month.
The Blue Tigers will begin their AFC Asian Cup campaign in Group A on January 6 at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi when they face Southeast Asian giants Thailand, before playing hosts UAE four days later. Their last group stage match will be against Bahrain on January 14.
India’s preliminary squad for AFC Asian Cup 2019:
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru FC), Amrinder Singh (Mumbai City FC), Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK), Vishal Kaith (FC Pune City).
Defenders: Pritam Kotal (Delhi Dynamos), Sarthak Golui (FC Pune City), Sandesh Jhingan (Kerala Blasters), Anas Edathodika (Kerala Blasters), Salam Ranjan Singh (East Bengal), Subhasish Bose (Mumbai City FC), Narayan Das (Delhi Dynamos), Nishu Kumar (Bengaluru FC), Lalruatthara (Kerala Blasters), Jerry Lalrinzuala (Chennaiyin FC).
Midfielders: Udanta Singh (Bengaluru FC), Nikhil Poojary (FC Pune City), Pronay Halder (ATK), Rowllin Borges (NorthEast United), Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin FC), Vinit Rai (Delhi Dynamos), Halicharan Narzary (Kerala Blasters), Ashique Kuruniyan (FC Pune City), Germanpreet Singh (Chennaiyin FC), Bikash Jairu (Jamshedpur FC), Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos), Sahal Abdul Samad (Kerala Blasters), Komal Thatal (ATK), Jackichand Singh (FC Goa).
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru FC), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Chennaiyin FC), Sumeet Passi (Jamshedpur FC), Farukh Choudhary (Jamshedpur FC), Balwant Singh (ATK), Manvir Singh (FC Goa).