The players have been selected on the basis of their performance at the recently-held 11th senior women's national championship, the inter-department national championship and other Hockey India sanctioned domestic events.
The players will be returning to the national camp for the first time after their historic bronze-medal winning feat at Tokyo Olympics, breaking a 41-year old drought.
Apart from FIH Junior Men's World Cup, Australia will also miss FIH Pro League, Junior Women’s World Cup, Indoor World Cup and Masters Indoor World Cup.
The 33-year-old Sreejesh is one of the senior most and decorated players of the Indian team.
The Indian men's hockey team was scheduled to play against Spain on May 15 and 16, followed by the two-leg tie in Germany on May 23 and 24.
India will also take on Australia and Spain in February as it plays five away matches that month before taking on Germany and Argentina at home.
The matches were postponed after UK added India to the travel 'red list'. India will still travel to Europe in May to play the Pro League matches against Spain (May 15-16) and Germany (May 22-23)
India and Argentina will play the fourth practice match on 14 April 2021. India had won both FIH Hockey Pro League matches
India played their last FIH Hockey Pro League match against Australia in February last year in Bhubaneswar
Defender Rupinder Pal Singh is desperate to make up for the lost opportunities in the crucial Olympic year
Apart from the back-to-back FIH Hockey Pro League matches, the Indian Team led by Manpreet Singh will also play four practice matches against the Olympic Champions Argentina
India resume their FIH Pro League with fixtures against Argentina on April 10 and 11, then meet Great Britain on May 8 and 9, and Spain on May 12 and 13 -- all away matches
The FIH was forced to make a new schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has affected all sporting events across the world
The second season of FIH Hockey Pro League was set to run from January to June 2020 and around one-third of the matches were completed by early March before the escalating COVID-19 crisis brought the competition to a standstill
India were scheduled to host New Zealand for the two-leg tie of the FIH Pro Hockey League on May 23 and 24 in Bhubaneswar
Last Saturday, the FIH had postponed all the Pro League matches scheduled before April 15 because of the pandemic
By virtue of this win, Australia moved up to the third position in the standings with nine points from five games, while India are a rung behind with eight points from as many matches
India have made an excellent start to their maiden FIH Hockey Pro League season and are currently sitting third in the table with eight points from four games
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