Poonam Rani will lead an 18-member Indian squad for the third Girls' Under-18 Asia Cup hockey, in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 16-25.
India is placed in Pool B, with China, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan.
Pool A comprises Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Chinese Taipei.
The Indian squad has two goalkeepers, five defenders, five midfielders and six forwards.
B K Subramani is the chief coach, and N S Saini and Pritam Siwach the assistant coaches.
The squad:
Goalkeepers: Bigan Soy, Swati
Defenders: Jaspreet Kaur, Sandeep Kaur, Apoorva Vishwakarma, Balvinder Kaur Mehra, Deep Grace Ekka
Midfielders: Poonam Rani (C), Neha, Namita Toppo, Nikki Pradhan, Shivani Bisht.
Forwards: Neha Goyal, Navjot Kaur, Surabhi Pradhan, Anupa Barla, Nilima Minz, Renuka Rajputaini.
Standbys: M Kiran Devi, Sonam Bhardwaj, D S Harnakshi.
Manager: Dr Shobha Singh
Chief Coach: B.K.Subramani
Asst. Coach: N.S.Saini, Pritam Siwach
Match schedule:
Sept 6: India v Kazakhstan
Sept 17: India v Sri Lanka
Sept 20: India v China
Sept 22: India v Malaysia
Sept 22: Semi-final, classification matches
Sept 25: Third place and final.
