Stimac selects the 35-man squad for friendlies against Oman & UAE

Igor Stimac

, India’s national team coach, selected his preliminary 35-man squad which will take place in the United Arab Emirates this month.

India will go against

in their first friendly game on March 25 and then take on

on March 29. In order to assess his team before the World Cup qualifiers, the camp and friendlies are of great importance for Igor Stimac

Stimac has included some new players in his squad, such as

's

Mashoor Sheeref

,

Ashutosh Mehta

,

's

Akash Mishra

, as well as

'

Jeakson Singh

and

Rahul KP

.

The preliminary 35-man squad:

• Goalkeepers:

   Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Dheeraj Singh, Vishal Kaith.

• Defenders: 

  Seriton Fernandes, Ashutosh Mehta, Akash Mishra, Pritam Kotal, Sandesh Jhingan, Chinglensana Singh, Sarthak Golui, Adil Khan, Mandar Rao Dessai, Prabir Das, Mashoor Shereef.

• Midfielders:

   Udanta Singh, Rowllin Borges, Lalengmawia, Jeakson Singh, Raynier Fernandes, Anirudh Thapa, Bipin Singh, Yasir Mohammad, Suresh Singh, Liston Colaco, Halicharan Narzary, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Ashique Kuruniyan, Rahul KP, Hitesh Sharma, Farukh Choudhary.

• Forwards:

   Manvir Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Ishan Pandita.

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