Viva Kerala FC's forward CS Sabeeth has been retained in the 30 member Indian national team squad that will play friendlies against Maldives and Qatar, prior to the FIFA World Cup qualifiers against United Arab Emirates (UAE) on July 23 and July 28, 2011.
India will play Maldives in Maldives on July 10 and Qatar at the Al Sadd Stadium in Doha on July 17. Kerala's other representative, PK Anil Kumar, meanwhile has been relegated to the standby players list.
Team India:
Goalkeepers: Subrata Pal, Sandip Nandy, Karanjit Singh, Laxmikant Kattimani
Defenders: Gourmangi Singh, Denzel Franco, Rowilson Rodrigues, Raju Eknath Gaikwad, Valleriano Rebello, Debabrata Roy, Sameer Naik, Mahesh Gawli, Robert Lalthlamuana
Midfielders: Mehtab Hossain, Syed Rahim Nabi, Harmanjot Khabra, Steven Dias, Jewel Raja Sheikh, Shilton D’Silva, Lalrindika Ralte, Peter Carvalho, Climax Lawrence, Clifford Miranda, Rakesh Masih, Lalkamal Bhowmick
Forwards: Sunil Chhetri, Jeje Lalpekhlua, CS Sabeeth, Sushil Kumar Singh, Baljit Sahni
Standbys: Khanjom Jibon Singh, Anthony Barbosa, Thokchom Naoba Singh, Anil Kumar PK
From the archive. First published on footballkerala.com on Tuesday 5 July 2011, restored from the site's 2012 database. Text as originally published.