Vineet Rai replaces Dhanapal Ganesh in national football team camp

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

Dhanapal has been replaced by Vineet Rai in the Indian national team camp for the that commenced from yesterday in due to the former suffering from

The summoned players assembled for the camp in on May 16 while players from JSW Bengaluru FC will be reporting to the camp on May 18 after finishing their club commitments for the AFC Cup.

will compete with Kenya, and Chinese in the which is part of their preparation for the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019.

Hosts will kick-off their campaign in the inaugural edition of the at the new hub of Indian football, the Arena on June 1 when Stephen Constantine's men face Chinese Taipei, in a tournament also featuring and

The squad of 30 players for the preparatory camp in Mumbai is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Vishal Kaith, Amrinder Singh, Sanjiban Ghosh.

Defenders: Lalruatthara, Davinder Singh, Pritam Kotal, Anas Edathodika, Sandesh Jhingan, Salam Ranjan Singh, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Narayan Das, Subhasish Bose.

Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Laldanmawia Ralte, Seiminlen Doungel, Vineet Rai, Souvik Chakraborti, Md. Rafique, Rowllin Borges, Pronay Halder, Anirudh Thapa, Bikash Jairu, Halicharan Narzary.

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Balwant Singh, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Manvir Singh, Alen Deory, Ashique Kuruniyan.

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First Published: Thu, May 17 2018. 16:25 IST