India football coach Igor Stimac on Monday released six players from the list of 37 who had assembled for the preparatory camp, which kicked off on May 21 in the capital.
Vishal Kaith, Germanpreet Singh, Nandha Kumar, Redeem Tlang, Bikramjit Singh and Sumeet Passi were the ones released ahead of the King’s Cup, to be held in Buriram, Thailand, from June 5 to 8.
“I am very happy with the efforts put in by all the players till now. There is a serious competition to get into that final list of 23 who would be representing the country in the King’s Cup.
“We have released six players. Each one of them has been given an individual working programme which is to be executed in the future by themselves in an attempt to improve their fitness, technical and tactical abilities,” said Stimac.
The 51-year-old, who had guided Croatia to the World Cup as a coach, said he had informed players as well as the staff about “expectations for the following week“.
“We have accomplished Phase-1 of our working programme. We have had meetings with the staff, and the players about their work accomplishments. We have informed them about expectations for the following week,” the coach revealed.