Sunil Chhetri to lead India's Asian Games squad in China

India announced their Asian Games football squad on Wednesday, 13 September. The All India Football Federation named a 15-member squad for the continental tournament which is going to be led by India captain Sunil Chhetri later in the month of September and October in Hangzhou, China.

While announcing the squad, the AIFF expressed its thanks to clubs in the Indian Super League for coordinating with the national body for the release of players in the Asian Games. The ISL and the I League clubs were in no compulsion to send their players to the tournament as it would have clashed with the upcoming domestic season in Indian football.

AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey via an official statement said that it was going to be a hectic



season for Indian football. India have had a busy schedule with SAFF Cup, Intercontinental Cup, Kings Cup and Tri-Nation series and it is going to be more complicated for the players and their teams in case the team goes the distance in the tournament.

“It has been a hectic time for Indian football season this time. We have a tight schedule within a short period of time that was not easy to manage," Chaubey said in the statement.

India Squad: 

Gurmeet Singh, Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Sumit Rathi, Narender Gahlot, Amarjit Singh Kiyam, Samuel James, Rahul KP, Abdul Rabeeh Anjukandan, Ayush Dev Chhetri, Bryce Miranda, Azfar Noorani, Rahim Ali, Vincy Bareto, Sunil Chhetri, Rohit Danu, Gurkirat Singh, Aniket Jadhav.