Tokyo Olympic medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad to lead India in men's junior hockey World Cup
Hindustan TimesOlympic bronze-medalist Vivek Sagar Prasad will lead the 18-strong Indian men's hockey squad's title defence at the FIH men's junior World Cup starting in Bhubaneswar from November 24. The 18-member Indian hockey squad for men's junior World Cup. While the 21-year-old Vivek, who was part of India's historic Olympic bronze medal winning senior team at Tokyo earlier this year, will captain the squad, 2018 Youth Olympics silver-medalist defender Sanjay will be supporting him as the vice-captain. Squad: Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sanjay Shardanand Tiwari, Prashant Chauhan, Sudeep Chirmako, Rahul Kumar Rajbhar, Maninder Singh, Pawan, Vishnukant Singh, Ankit Pal, Uttam Singh, Sunil Jojo, Manjeet, Rabichandra Singh Moirangthem, Abhishek Lakra, Yashdeep Siwach, Gurmukh Singh, Araijeet Singh Hundal