68th Santosh Trophy: Sikkim name final squad, win opener 2-1 against Jharkhand

The Sikkim Football Association has named its final 20 player squad for the East zone qualifying round of the 68th National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy which begin earlier today in Gangtok.

In Group A, Sikkim earlier today defeated Jharkhand 2-1 in their opening match, while in their final group game they face Services on January 30. Group B contains West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Chhattisgarh.

SIKKIM

PlayersPawan Chhetri, Jaswa Pettison, Sagar Rai (Captain), Kinthup Lachungpa, Narayan Chhetri, Amit Darjee, Deepak Panth, Tenzing D. Bhutia, Afjal Ansari, Narendra Gurung, Sishir Karthak, Navin Gurung, Santiram Luitel, Avishek Rai, Pravakar Tamang, Suman Dewan, Bir Bahadur Pradhan, Smail Rai, Bikash Thapa, Yakup Biswakarma

OfficialsSuresh Mukhia (Coach), Karma Yougyal (Manager), K. Roy (Physiotherapist)