Srinagar, May 19: The 19-member JK squad left for Tamilnadu on Tuesday to participate in 63rd Santosh Trophy tournament to be held from May 23. 31 teams from across India would participate in the coveted event. The JK team comprise of two goalkeepers, seven defenders, seven midfielders and four forwards. Imran Rafique is the captain of the team. In the forward team will be lead by Valley’s international footballer, Ishfaq Ahmad but he will join the team from second match. The other three forwards include Zubair Ahmad of JK Bank, Altaf Ahmad of Maharaja Sports and Taufeeq Ahmad of JK Bank. Midfield comprise of highly talented players like Tameem Ahmad of Iqbal Sports, Shahnawaz of JK Bank, Gulzar Ahmad of JK Police, Satwinder Singh of JK Bank, Arun Pal Singh of Engineers club, Khalid Qayoom and Wasim Yousuf both of JK Bank. The defence of JK team will be lead by its skipper Imran Rafique of JK Bank, Hasib of JK bank, Ashiq Mushtaq of JK Forest, Sameer Ahmad of JK Forest, Tahir Ghulam of Food and Supplies, Danny Bhurat of Churchill Brothers and Mansoor Ahmad of HAL Bangalore.There are two goalkeepers in the team which include vice-captain, Vikram Jeet Singh and Arshad Ali of JK Forest. Coach Intikhab Aalam, manager, BA Basharat, and physiotherapist, Dr Ashiq Hussain, accompany the team. JK has been kept in Cluster III along with Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh and Pudicherry and they will play their all group matches at St Joseph College, Tiruchirappalli. In first match, they will lock horns with Madhya Pradesh on May 24 while on May 26 they will take on Pudicherry. In their last group match, JK will be against Mizoram.
publihsed in greaterkashmir on May 20-2009 http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=20_5_2009&ItemID=4&cat=4
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