ABID KHAN
Srinagar, Jan 10: Star footballer of valley, Me’raj-ud-Din Wadoo has again found berth in the Indian football team as they take on Hong Kong in a friendly match on January 14. The 20-member Indian squad along with six officials left from Mumbai to Hong Kong today. Coach Bob Houghton announced the 20-man squad, which will play a friendly against the Hong Kong. The team was short listed from 29 men who attended the national camp. Amongst the notable absentees are East Bengal duo Syed Rahim Nabi and Surkumar Singh, who is injured and Churchill’s Govin Singh. They will be replaced by Mohun Bagan’s Rakesh Masih and Dempo’s Anthony Pereira. Speaking to Greater Kashmir Wadoo said, “The preparation for the Hong Kong game has been good.” Wadoo said that his selection in the team hasn’t been easy as many youngsters were knocking the doors. “Apart from performance in the I-League and Federation Cup, I sweat hard in the selection camp in order to impress the coach,” he said. Wadoo said, “By getting selected into the team, the Kashmir should feel proud as I am representing my homeland in the national team. I am making a statement to whole football fraternity of India that Kashmir football is still alive.” Wadoo hoped that in coming years, more and more Kashmiris would find place in Indian team as the number of players playing in I-League and Kolkata League is increasing each day. India had last played Hong Kong on February 18, 2006 in a friendly game in Hong Kong, which ended in a 2-2 draw. The Squad: Bhaichung Bhutia (c), Abhishek Yadav, Sunil Chhetri, Sushil Kumar, Subrata Paul, Subashish Chowdhury, Mahesh Gawli, Deepak Mandal, Gouramangi Singh, Anwar, Rakesh Masih, Samir Naik, Anthony Pereira, Steven Dias, N.P.Pradeep, Renedy Singh, Climax Lawrence, Clifford Miranda and Mehrajuddin Wadoo.
published in greater kashmir on janaury 11-2009 link : http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=11_1_2009&ItemID=6&cat=4 )
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