Internet Desk: Bengal announced their list of 20 players selected for 71st edition of Santosh Trophy to be played in Bokaro. Mridul Banerjee is the coach of the team followed by Partha Sen as assistant coach and Hemanta Dora as Goal Keeper coach of the team. IFA Secretary Utpal Ganguly said that, ” This is a young and committed side hopefully they will give their best for Bengal.” Coach Mridul Banerjee said, ” All i want from my players is to play for themselves and the pride of the state.” Bengal will start their campaign against Chattisgarh on December 29. Their next match will be against Orissa on January 2. The team will leave for Bokaro on December 26. The team will practice at the Mohamedan Sporting club on Saturday before leaving for Bokaro. IFA President Utpal Ganguly to meet the players and boost their morale.
The list of players selected are Goalkeepers 1) Sankar Roy (Peerless Sports club), 2) Ankur Das (Rainbow sports club), 3) Ranajit Majumdar (Patha Chakra),
Defenders: 4) Rana Gharami (Md Sporting club, Captain), 5) Suman Hazra (Southern Samity), 6) Santu Singh (United sports Club), 7) Sourav Dasgupta (Aryan Club), 8) Prabhat Lakra United Sports club), 9) Ankit Mukherjee (Aryan Club), 10) Sujoy Oraon (United sports club)
Mid-fielders: 11) Prahlad Roy (East Bengal Club), 12) Vishal Pradhan (SAI), 13) Debashish Pradhan (Rainbow sports Club), 14) Monotosh Chakladar (United sdports club), 15) Souvik Murmu (Kalighat Milan sangha), 16) Shiba coudhury (Peerless Sports club)
Forwards: 17) Jiten Murmu (East Bengal Club), 18) Diptendu Das (Rainbow sports club, 19) Raja Das (Tollygunge Agragami, 20) Rahul Paswan (Salkia Friends)