Panjim, Feb 18: The AIFF has registered 44 players for the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers 2011.
Subrata Paul, Arindam Bhattacharya ,Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Denzil Franco, Gourmangi Singh, Anwar, Mohanraj, Nirmal Chhetri, Govin Singh, Syed Rahim Nabi, N.S.Manju, Raju Gaikwad, Steven Dias, Joaquim Abranches, Baldip Singh, Jagpreet Singh, Rakesh Masih, Jewel Raja, Shilton D’Silva, Sunil Chhetri, Sushil Kumar Singh, C.S.Sabeeth, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Jagroop Singh, Ravi Kumar,Vishal Kumar, Abhishek Das, Deepak Devrani, Inderpreet Singh, Souvik Ghosh, Lalrozama Fanai, Pratamesh Moulingkar, Akshay Kumar Mall, Subodh Kumar, Milan Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Lalrindika Ralte, Trithankar Sarkar, Jibon Singh, Manandeep, Robin Singh, Holicharan Narzary, Malswamfela and Jagtar Singh.
Bhutia was not included as he wanted to recover from injury.
Stalwarts like Climax Lawrence, Clifford Miranda, Mahesh Gawli, Subhashish Roy Chowdhury, Surkumar Singh, Deepak Mondal, NP Pradeep, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Abhishek Yadav, Mohammad Rafi have been sidelined.
AIFF secretary Kushal Das stated that the senior players have been given a much-needed rest.
