India football team head coach Igor Stimac has released six players from the team's preparatory national camp for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifiers. The list consists of defenders Salam Ranjan Singh, Anwar Ali (Jr.) and Jerry Lalrinzuala, forwards Farukh Choudhary and Jobby Justin, and midfielder Pronay Halder.

The following players have been released today from the 🇮🇳 national team camp in Goa for the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualifiers:

Salam Ranjan Singh, Anwar Ali (Jr.), Jerry Lalrinzuala, Farukh Choudhary, Jobby Justin, Pronay Halder#IndianFootball #BackTheBlue #BlueTigers

— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) August 22, 2019

To recall, Stimac named 35-man probables list earlier this month to take part in the national camp being held in Goa. With the exclusions taken into account, Stimac has narrowed down the list to 29.

The Blue Tigers have been drawn in Group E for the Qualifiers, alongside World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar, Oman, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. India's first encounter will be against Oman on September 5, 2019, followed by matches against Qatar on September 10, Bangladesh on October 15 and Afghanistan on November 14. The reverse legs will begin from November 19. You can check the full schedule here.

Halder's exclusion, in particular, comes as a surprise considering the 26-year-old has been a regular fixture in the national team for several years now.

Here's the current 29-member squad list:

GOALKEEPERS: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Amrinder Singh, Kamaljit Singh, Vishal Kaith

DEFENDERS: Rahul Bheke, Nishu Kumar, Pritam Kotal, Anas Edathodika, Sandesh Jhingan, Narender Gahlot, Sarthak Golui, Adil Khan, Subhasish Bose, Mandar Rao Dessai

MIDFIELDERS: Nikhil Poojari, Udanta Singh, Anirudh Thapa, Raynier Fernandes, Vinit Rai, Sahal Abdul Samad, Amarjit Singh, Brandon Fernandes, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Halicharan Narzary, Ashique Kuruniyan, Rowllin Borges

FORWARDS: Balwant Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Manvir Singh