Indian national team coach Stephen Constantine announced the list of 32 probables for India’s upcoming home and away matches for the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.The matches to be played against Nepal will be played over two legs. India will host Nepal at home first, on March 12 at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahathi. The return leg in Nepal is set to be played on March 17.“With the help of Savio Medeira and Venkatesh we first registered the list of 50 Players and then Venky and myself sat down to select 32 players for the Camp,” Constantine told www.the-aiff.com.The squad will further shortlisted to 26 after the completion of Round 8 matches of the ongoing Hero I-League. The shortlisted 26 would be reporting to the Camp in Guwahati from March 4 onwards. The list of the 32 probables for the Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 1 matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia is as follows:GOALKEEPERS: Subrata Paul (Mumbai City FC), Arindam Bhattacharya (FC Pune City), Karanjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.DEFENDERS: Saumik Dey, Sandesh Jhingan (both Kerala Blasters FC), Raju Gaikwad (Mumbai City FC), Arnab Mondal (Atlético de Kolkata), Aiborlang Khongjee (NorthEast United FC), Rowilson Rodrigues (FC Goa), Pritam Kotal (FC Pune City), Keegan Pereira, Rino Anto.MIDFIELDERS: Prabir Das (FC Goa), Francis Fernandes (Delhi Dynamos FC) Lenny Rodrigues (FC Pune City), Mehtab Hossain (Kerala Blasters FC), Cavin Lobo (Atlético de Kolkata), Lalrindika Ralte (Mumbai City FC), Dhanapal Ganesh, Eugeneson Lyngdoh, Anthony D’Souza.FORWARDS: Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Alwyn George, Holicharan Narzary (all FC Goa), Balwant Singh, Jeje Lalpekhlua (both Chennaiyin FC), Jackichand Singh, Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh.Along with the first team the list of 32 probables of the India U-23 side, who will be on national duty for the preparatory camp in Goa (from March 1) for the AFC U-23 qualifiers have also been announced. The tournament is set to be played in Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 27.The list of 32 probables for the Preparatory Camp for the AFC U-23 Championship is as follows:GOALKEEPERS: Rehenesh TP (NorthEast United FC), Amrinder Singh, Albino Gomes, Ravi Kumar.DEFENDERS: Abhishek Das (Chennaiyin FC), Bikramjit Singh (FC Goa), Satish Singh, Zangpo Bhutia, Shankar, Pawan Kumar, Sandeep Singh, Nimdorjee Tamang, Deepak, Denechandra Meitei.MIDFIELDERS: Germanpreet Singh, Myron Fernandes, Vineet Rai, Manish Bhargav (Delhi Dynamos FC), Siam Hangal, Brandon Fernandes, Sumit Passi, Mauvin Borges, Fanai Lalrempuia, Adarsh Tamang.FORWARDS: Seiminlen Doungel (NorthEast United FC), Nadong Bhutia (Mumbai City FC), Udanta Singh, Haokip Thongkoshim, Jayesh Rane (Chennaiyin FC), Rajinder Kumar, Nikhil Kadam, Abhinash Rui Das.
