Hockey core probables camp to begin on Saturday

New Delhi, May 15: Ahead of the Hockey World League (HWL) Semi-Fil, a preparatory camp for the Indian men’s core probables will commence at the Major Dhyan Chand tiol Stadium here on Saturday and will continue till June 9. Forty-Eight players will be part of the initial camp, wherein they will be gauged on their skills and how they play under pressure. Following a week training session of the camp, the top 33 core probables will be identified along with the team for the Indian squad to play in the FIH HWL Semi-Fil to be held in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5. The 48 players are part of the initial camp will also see players getting picked up from the recently culmited tiol championship and include mes like Akash Chikte who is a promising goalkeeper and was declared the one of the upcoming players of the senior tiol championship. Besides him, goalkeeper Arpit Chaudhary and Abhiv Pandey have even made it to the core probables. IANS