2023-09-14 04:57:14
New Delhi ∙ The All India Football Federation has announced the 17-member Indian football team for the Asian Games including senior player Sunil Chhetri. The federation had earlier announced a 22-member team including key players. But when the ISL clubs announced that they would not release the players, there were reports that the main players including Chhetri would not be in the team.
Chhetri was included in the team, but goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, defender Sandesh Jinkan and others were not in the team. Malayalee players KP Rahul and Abdul Rabih are in the team. The Asian Games football matches will start from 19. The team should leave on the 16th. In this situation, the federation tried its best to release the senior players including Gurpreet and Jinkan, but the clubs did not give in and the team was announced by including the junior players under the leadership of Chhetri.
Team: Sunil Chhetri, Gurmeet Singh, Dheeraj Singh, Sumit Rathi, Narender Gehlot, Amarjit Singh Kiam, Samuel James, KP Rahul, Abdul Rabih, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Brace Miranda, Asfar Noorani, Rahim Ali, Vincy Barretto, Rohit Dhanu, Gurkeerat Singh and Aniket Jadhav.
English Summary : Sunil Chhetri the only senior player In Indian Football Team for the Asian Games
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