India’s head coach Stephen Constantine had announced the team for the all important clash against China which will be be played in Suzhou on October 13. India recently finished as runner-up in the recently concluded SAFF championship where they lost to Maldives in the final. India fielded an U-23 team in the tournament and Constantine has brought back a full strength team for the clash against China.
India are yet to register a win against China as the Blue Tigers have played 17 matches against Red Dragons where the latter team won on 12 occasions and 5 matches ended in a draw.
In the last encounter between the two teams in Nehru cup of 1997, China emerged victorious with a scoreline of 2-1.
Goalkeepers: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Karanjit Singh.
Defenders: Pritam Kotal, Sarthak Golui, Sandesh Jhingan, Anas Edathodika, Salam Ranjan Singh, Subhasish Bose, Narayan Das.
Midfielders: Udanta Singh, Nikhil Poojary, Pronay Halder, Rowllin Borges, Anirudh Thapa, Vinit Rai, Halicharan Narzary, Ashique Kuruniyan.
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sumeet Passi, Farukh Choudhary
