The Indian national U-17 football team who is all set to participate in the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 starting from October 6 has been wished best of luck by the  Hero MotoCorp Ltd today which is the  'National Supporter' of the marquee event.

On October 6, the Indian team will have a face off with USA followed by matches with Colombia and Ghana on October 9 and October 12   at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

The Chairman, MD and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Pawan Munjal met the whole team and coach  Luis Norton de Matos at a cermony today and gave his wishes. He said "Football is arguably the fastest-growing sport among school kids and youngsters in the country today. It is indeed heartening to see the Indian U-17 football team completely geared up to take on the world in the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup. On behalf of everyone at Hero MotoCorp, I wish the team best of luck."

Team Squad:

Goalkeepers: Dheeraj Singh, Prabhsukhan Gill, Sunny Dhaliwal

Defenders: Boris Singh, Jitendra Singh, Anwar Ali, Sanjeev Stalin, Hendry Antonay, Namit Deshpande

Midfielders: Suresh Singh, Ninthoinganba Meetei, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Abhijit Sarkar, Komal Thatal, Lalengmawia, Jeakson Singh, Nongdamba Naorem, Rahul Kannoly Praveen, Md. Shahjahan

Forwards: Rahim Ali, Aniket Jadhav

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