Odisha Olympian Amit Rohidas has retained his place ast the captain of the Indian Men Hockey Team for the last leg of the FIH Hockey Pro League 2021-22 season. Hockey Indian today named a 20-member Indian team, including two from Odisha for their four Pro League matches against hosts Belgium and Netherlands.

Current table toppers India will play Belgium in Antwerp, Belgium on June 11 and 12, followed by matches against the Netherlands in Rotterdam, Netherlands on June 18 and 19.

Forward Shilanand Lakra is the other Odisha player to have been selected in the Indian team, which would be vice-captained by Harmanpreet Singh. The matches will be live on Star Sports Network and on Disney + Hotstar.

Speaking about the team, Chief Coach Graham Reid said, "This is the most important stage of the FIH Hockey Pro League with matches against the top teams of the world at their home ground. The plan is to carry forward our momentum from the home games in India."

"During our national camp here in SAI, Bengaluru, we have had the time to introspect on our performance in the league so far and we are focused on putting up an improved performance in Europe. The team continues to remain more or less the same with no major changes. Each one of them have prior experience of playing the Pro League and are upbeat to get on with the matches against Belgium and Netherlands,"

INDIAN TEAM: Goalkeepers: Suraj Karkera, Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran. Defenders: Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh (Vice-Captain), Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas (Captain), Jugraj Singh, Jarmanpreet Singh. Midfielders: Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Shamsher Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Akashdeep Singh, Nilakanta Sharma. Forwards: Gurjant Singh, Mandeep Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Sukhjeet Singh, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, Abhishek.