New Delhi: Hockey India has announced Indian women's and men's teams for the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers. The eighteen-member men's team will be captained by Manpreet Singh while forward SV Sunil will be the vice-captain. At the same time, there has been no change in the women's team that went on the tour of England, whose captain will be Rani while the vice-captain will be goalkeeper Savita. The men and women teams will take on their rivals in Bhubaneswar, Odisha on November 1 and 2.

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Eight-time Olympic champion India (FIH world ranking five) will face Russia (ranked 22). The women's team (ranked nine) will clash with the American women's team, which is ranked 13. The men's team has two goalkeepers PR Sreejesh and Krishna Bahadur Pathak. Captain Manpreet will lead the forward line which includes Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh and Ramandeep Singh. Men's head coach Graham Reid said, "After a good preparation for the tour in Belgium, it was very difficult to select the best 18 players for this tournament." We have chosen a very balanced team.

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Men's Team: Manpreet Singh (Captain), PR Sreejesh, Krishna Bahadur Pathak, Harmanpreet Singh, Varun Kumar, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Amit Rohidas, Neelkanth Sharma, Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Lalit Kumar Upadhyay, S.V. Sunil, Mandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh.

Women's team: Rani Rampal (captain), Savita, Rajni Itimarpu, Deep Grace Ekka, Gurjeet Kaur, Reena Khokhar, Salima Tete, Sushila Chanu Pukharambam, Nikki Pradhan, Monica, Neha Goyal, Lilima Minj, Namita Toppo, Vandana Kataria Navneet Kaur, Lalremsiyami, Navjot Kaur and Sharmila Devi.

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