Mandeep Singh to lead Indian Volleyball team in Asian Youth Tourney

Chennai, May 15(UNI) Punjab's Mandeep Singh will lead India in the sixth Asian Youth Volleyball Championship to be held at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia from May 20 to 27.

Indian boys who have been placed in Group A with host Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia, will leave for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow, the Volleyball Federation of India said here today.

Team: Manjeet Singh (captain), Balwinder Singh (Punjab), S Girigoud Somanath (Karnataka), T Naresh (AP), G Mahendra Varma (AP), Surender Singh (Haryana), Mohan Ukkrapandian (Tamil Nadu), Lalit Kumar (Chandigarh), Gaddam Kumar (AP), Ankit (Haryana), Sukhdeep Singh (Punjab), Jagadeesh Narayanappa (Karnataka).

Chief coach: Yadav Bir Singh (Chandigarh) Assistant coach: Ginjupalli Lingeswara Rao (AP) International referee: M S Balaji Prabhu (Karnataka) Manager: Hukam Chand Pathik (Himachal Pradesh).

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