Saturday, August 13, 2011

Indian team set to leave for the +ONE Caribbean Tour. Team news, and fixtures.



The Indian Team are all set to leave for their "+One Caribbean India Tour" later today. The team are set to board their flight today at 8:30 PM from Kolkatta to London.

In London, they will be transported from Heathrow to Gatwick Airport from where they will fly to the Caribbeans. "Indian team will leave tomorrow and they will land in Heathrow from where they will go to Gatwick to catch a flight to Barbados. Indian High Commission will oversee the security arrangements there in view of the prevailing situation," AIFF Vice-President Subrata Dutta told reporters.

The team and support staff for the tour :

Goalkeepers: Subrata Pal, Karanjit Singh, Laxmikant Kattimani.

Defenders: Valeriano Rebello, Raju Gaikwad, Gourmangi Singh, Mahesh Gawli, Rowilson Rodrigues, Debabrata Roy, Robert Lalthalmuana, Samir Naik.

Midfielfders: Climax Lawrence, Steven Dias, Peter Carvalho, Clifford Miranda, Lalrindika Ralte, Rocus Lamare, Mehtab Hosain, Rahim Nabi.

Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpeklua, Sushil Singh, S Sabeeth.

Chief Coach: Armando Colaco

Assistant Coach: Savio Medeira.

Goalkeeping Coach: Marcus Pacheco.

Physical Trainer: Suresh Babu.

Doctor: Sandeep Kumar.

Physio: Vishnu Nair.

Masseur: Liaqat Ali.

Team Manager: Mandhar Tamhane.

India is set to face St. Kitts & Nevis(Rank 118) on the 17th of August, Trinidad & Tobago(Rank 88) on the 21st of August, Guyana(Rank 116) on the 24th of August and St. Vincent & the Grenadines(Rank 139) on the 26th of August.

India have looked quite impressive against their higher ranked Asian opponents, but now it will be interesting to see them against teams from the CONCACAF regions.

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