Indian men's hockey team's selection committee decided that the 18-member national squad of hockey in the FIH Champions Trophy will be led by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh. It also decided to keep on rest skipper Sardar Singh with some other senior players inorder to keep them fresh for the upcoming Rio olympics.

Hockey India president, Narinder Batra said "It was pre-decided that Sardar will be rested for the Champions Trophy as he has been playing non-stop for quite some time. He played in the Azlan Shah where Sreejesh was rested. Here Sreejesh is leading the side and Sardar gets much-needed rest. It also means that the coach (Roelant Oltmans) can check out a few youngsters and analyse what's best possible combination we can have."

"It is important that we approach the tournament, not just with a view to winning it, but also to execute our tactics well, and learn from past mistakes and keep evolving. This will ensure, that as a team we are prime placed when we reach Rio, physically, mentally and tactically," said Chief coach Oltmans.

Following are the names of the players who will be competing for the champions trophy: PR Sreekesh (Captain), Vikas Dahiya, Pradeep Mor, VR Raghunath, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Chinglensana Singh, Manpreet Singh, SK Uthappa, Devinder Walmiki, Harjeet Singh, Talwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh, SV Sunil (vice-captain), Akashdeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah.