DESCRIPTION:
* Total six teams will compete in the tournament.
* Teams are: defending champions India, Australia, Great Britain, Argentina, Malaysia and Pakistan.
* India will be seen rubbing their shoulders against their arch-rivals Pakistan in the opening match.
* Harjeet Singh will lead an 18-member India squad with Dipsan Tirkey (Odisha) as his deputy.
* Anand Lakra is another player from Odisha to have found place in the Indian team.
TEAM INDIA:
Goalkeepers: Suraj Karkera, Vikas Dahiya
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Dipsan Tirkey (Vice-captain), Anand Lakra, Vikramjit Singh, Harmanpreet Singh
Mid-fielders: Nilakanta Sharma, Harjeet Singh (Captain), Santa Singh, Simranjeet Singh, Manpreet
Forwards: Arman Qureshi, Gurjant Singh, Ajay Yadav, Parvinder Singh, Sumit Kumar, Ajit Kumar Pandey
Coach: Harendra Singh
MATCH SCHEDULE:
Oct 11: India vs Pakistan
Oct 12: India vs Great Britain
Oct 14: India vs Argentina
Oct 15: India vs Malaysia
Oct 17: India vs Australia
Oct 18: Classification matches
INDIA RESULTS:
Oct 11: India (Ajay Yadav 5th, Sumit Kumar 23rd, Armaan Qureshi 27th, Singh through 34th, Santa Singh 46th) bt Pakistan (Muhammad Dilber 45th) 5-1.
Oct 12: Great Britain (James Simpson 6th, Luke Taylor 30th, 68th; Jack Clee 47th) beat India (Sumit Kumar 17th, 26th; Manpreet 29th) 4-3.
Oct 14: India (Arman Qureshi 3rd, Gurjant Singh 11th, Nilakanta Sharma 50th) bt Argentina (Maico Casella 39th, Nicolas Keenan 54th) 3-2.