Asia Cup 2011: India's Final 23 announced

Team India's final 23 members of the prestigious AFC Asia Cup has been announced.

The team will be lead by the talismanic Indian striker Baichung Bhutia. It will be interesting to see his inclusion in the squad despite his long term injury. It will be a boost for Indian team if Bhutia recovers in time.

Here is the final squad.

Goalkeepers:

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Subrata Pal, Subhasish Roy Choudhury, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu

Defenders:

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Surkumar Singh, Gouramangi Singh, Anwar, Mahesh Gawli, Syed Rahim Nabi, Deepak Mondal, N.S. Manju, Rakesh Masih & Govin Singh

Midfielders:

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Steven Dias, N.P.Pradeep,Climax Lawrence, Clifford Miranda, Renedy Singh, Mehrajuddin Wadao, Baldeep Singh.

Strikers:

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Bhaichung Bhutia (Capt.), Sunil Chhetri, Abhishek Yadav & Sushil Kumar Singh

It was a surprise to see Mohammed Rafi's name being taken out of the final list. The reason is still unknown.

India's fixture:

10.01.2011-India vs Australia

14.01.2011-India vs Bahrain

18.01.2011-India vs South Korea

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