Stephen Constantine announces a 28-man squad for the AFC Asian Cup 2019 in The UAE

XtraTime Web Desk: Initially Constantine announced a 34-man probable squad. From that squad, fullbacks Jerry Lalrinzuala and Nishu Kumar were ruled out with injury while uncapped players Komal Thatal and Sahal Abdul Samad have been sent back. Bikash Jairu and Nikhil Poojary too miss out on a ticket to the UAE, from the 34-man list.

India’s Group A opponents are Bahrain, UAE and Thailand. The Blue Tigers will play their first match of the campaign against Thailand at the Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

INDIA 28-MAN INITIAL SQUAD:

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (Bengaluru), Amrinder Singh (Mumbai City), Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK), Vishal Kaith (Pune City);

Defenders: Pritam Kotal (Delhi Dynamos), Sarthak Golui (Pune City), Sandesh Jhingan (Kerala Blasters), Anas Edathodika (Kerala Blasters), Salam Ranjan Singh (East Bengal), Subhasish Bose (Mumbai City), Narayan Das (Delhi Dynamos), Lalruatthara (Kerala Blasters);

Midfielders: Udanta Singh (Bengaluru), Pronay Halder (ATK), Rowllin Borges (NorthEast United), Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin), Vinit Rai (Delhi Dynamos), Halicharan Narzary (Kerala Blasters), Ashique Kuruniyan (Pune City), Germanpreet Singh (Chennaiyin), Lallianzuala Chhangte (Delhi Dynamos), Jackichand Singh (Goa);

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri (Bengaluru), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Chennaiyin), Sumeet Passi (Jamshedpur), Farukh Choudhary (Jamshedpur), Balwant Singh (ATK), Manvir Singh (Goa).