India camp for Nehru Cup shifted to Bangalore

The Indian national team camp for the Platinum Jubilee Nehru Cup never kicked-off at the Jaypee Greens Atlantis – the Club in Greater Noida as planned. The players did gather in Noida on Wednesday, but today they shifted to Bangalore due to the wet conditions and also due to power problems in the north of India.The AIFF had considered Bangalore as an alternative camp destination, but the artificial turf at the Bangalore Football Stadium was not to the liking of new national coach Wim Koevermans and the costs involved of flying the whole contingent to Bangalore and back to New Delhi were all considered as surplus and unnecessary. Left with no alternatives the AIFF is now forced to spend even more due to the last minute changes which have been forced on them.

The 2012 Nehru Cup is set for an August 22 kick-off with the final slated to be held on September 2.

INDIA Probables

GoalkeepersArindam Bhattacharya (Mohun Bagan AC), Subrata Pal (Prayag United SC), Subhasish Roy Chowdhury (Dempo SC), Karanjit Singh (Salgaocar SC), Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (East Bengal Club)

DefendersNirmal Chettri (Mohun Bagan AC), Nicolau Colaco (Salgaocar SC), Denzil Franco (Churchill Brothers SC), Raju Eknath Gaikwad (East Bengal Club), Souvik Ghosh (Pailan Arrows), Nallappan Mohanraj (Pune FC), Syed Rahim Nabi (Mohun Bagan AC), Rowilson Rodrigues (Dempo SC), Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh (Prayag United SC), Gurjinder Kumar Singh (Pune FC), Gurwinder Singh (East Bengal Club), Irungbam Khelemba Singh (Mohun Bagan AC)

MidfieldersJoaquim Abranches (Dempo SC), Denson Devadas (Mohun Bagan AC), Francis Fernandes (Salgaocar SC), Alwyn George (Pailan Arrows), Mehtab Hossain (East Bengal Club), Adil Ahmed Khan (Sporting Clube de Goa), Rocus Lamare (Salgaocar SC), Clifford Miranda (Dempo SC), Gilbert Oliviera (Salgaocar SC), Anthony Pereira (Dempo SC), Sanju Pradhan (East Bengal Club), Jewel Raja Sheikh (Mohun Bagan AC), Lalrindika Ralte (East Bengal Club), Baldeep Singh (Prayag United SC), Ongnam Milan Singh (Pailan Arrows),

ForwardsSunil Chhetri (Sporting Clube de Portugal ‘B’), Jeje Lalpekhlua (Pune FC), Manandeep Singh (East Bengal Club), Robin Singh (East Bengal Club), Sushil Kumar Singh (Shillong Lajong FC)

OfficialsWim Koevermans (Head Coach), Savio Medeira (Assistant Coach), Marcus Pacheco (Goalkeeper Coach)