Indian Super League(ISL) Central Domestic Draft Day 1 Roundup Posted: 22 Jul 2014 12:34 PM PDT Indian Super League Central Domestic Draft Day 1 completed Mumbai's plush Palladium Hotel was the center stage for Indian Super League(ISL)'s first day of Central Domestic Player Draft, which saw some crunch decision making between different teams. 26 players who have been a part of the National Team anywhere in the last 3 years were drafted by the six participating clubs. The order for drafting was pre-decided by a draw, which took place a day earlier. Team Mumbai picked up Subrata Paul in its first pick while Mehtab Hussain was snapped up by Kerala Blasters. Versatile defender Syed Rahim Nabi also will feature for Team Mumbai. See below for entire team list. Here is how the teams shaped up after Day 1: Team Pune Lenny Rodrigues  Dharmaraj Ravanan  Ashutosh Mehta  Joaquim Abranches  Pritam Kotal  Manish Maithani  Israil Gurung Team Mumbai Subrata Paul  Lalrindika Ralte  Syed Rahim Nabi  Raju Gaikwad  Subash Singh  Ram Malik  Deepak Mondal Kerala Blasters FC Mehtab Hussain  Sandesh Jhingan  Ishfaq Ahmed  Gurwinder Singh  Nirmal Chettri  Sushant Matthew  Godwin Franco Team Bengaluru Harmanjot Khabra  Dhanachandra Singh  Jeje Lalpekhlua  Gouramangi Singh  Shilton Paul  Denson Devadas  Khelemba Meitei Atletico de Kolkata Cavin Lobo  Arnab Mondal  Denzil Franco  Rakesh Masih  Mohammed Rafique  Mohammed Rafi  Biswajit Saha Delhi Dynamos FC Francis Fernandes  Robert Lalthamuana  Naoba Singh  Shylo Malswamtluanga  Shouvik Ghosh  Shouvik Chakraborty  Munmun Lugun Team Goa Laxmikant Kattimani  Debabrata Roy  Gabriel Fernandes  Clifford Miranda  Jewel Raja Shaikh  Alwyn George  Narayan Das NorthEast United FC Kunzang Bhutia  Jibon Singh  Durga Boro  Aibor Khongjee  Zodingliana Ralte  TP Rehnesh  Boithang Haokip

Indian squad departs for Czech Republic exposure tour Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:55 PM PDT A 25-member Indian squad left for Czech Republic for a 19-day exposure Tour for preparation for the forthcoming Incheon Asian Games. The Team would be back on August 8, 2014. However, four Players from the 29-member squad – Deepak Devrani, Shouvik Ghosh, Sanjay Balmuchu and Romeo Fernandes -- who were practicing under National Coach Wim Koevermans have been released from the Camp and didn’t travel to Czech Republic. 25 member squad leaves for Czech Republic The Indian squad will play three matches during the period against three different Clubs -- Senco Doubravka, FK Most and TJ Domazlice. The Team will be based in Pilsen. Besides, the Indian Team would be playing two matches in the Friendly Series against Pakistan U-23 National Team in Bangalore on August 17 and 20 respectively. Furthermore, the squad will also be travelling to China for another exposure Tour from August 25-September 8 where they would be playing two matches against Shanghai FC and JiangSu. Sunil Chhetri, Robin Singh and Francis Fernandes are the three Senior Players who are part of the squad. The rest of the squad comprise of U-23 Players. The 25-member squad presently which travelled to Czech Republic is as follows: GOALKEEPERS: Amrinder Singh, Ravi Kumar, Kamaljit Singh. DEFENDERS: Pritam Kotal, Keenan Almeida, Joyner Lourenco, Shankar Sampingiraj, Sandesh Jhingan, Salam Singh, Narayan Das. MIDFIELDERS: Pronoy Halder, Rowlin Borges, Clifton Dias, Alwyn George, Siam Hangal, Lalrindika Ralte, Dhanpal Ganesh, Milan Singh.  FORWARDS: Francis Fernandes (Senior Player), Seiminlen Doungel, Sunil Chhetri (Senior Player), Robin Singh (Senior Player), Haokip Thongkoshim, Alesh Sawant, Mandar Rao Desai.