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Indians short on height and numbers

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International Cup 2008

The Indian side for the 2008 Australian Football International Cup has been named, and at time of writing just 16 players are listed. With matches of 18 on-field plus 6 interchange, you do the maths. Getting footy started in India has been an elusive goal for many years now, and the numbers don't bode well. Behind the scenes worldfootynews.com has been working to help secure some more recruits to the India cause. We'll update this table as new data arrives, and we're fairly confident that players have already been found since this squad was released. Lets hope India can spare a few more of their billion-plus population.

Update: The AFL has informed us that India now has 26 players. "The last ten were part of a selection process in Australia. They are all Indian nationals who have moved to Australia and fit the eligibility criteria". They have been added below (distinguished by surnames in capitals).

The Indian squad (complete list not available at time of writing):

#PlayerFromAgeHeight (cm)Weight (kg)
1Akash MannaAFL India18 185 63
2Ayush GuptaAFL India 18 187 72
3Mervyn NathanielAFL India21 167 65
4Darren RossAFL India 20 170 62
5Harris JamalAFL India20 177 70
6Mario SheltonAFL India 22 167 64
7Arif AliAFL India20 177 61
8Biswajit PatraAFL India 21 182 62
9Sukdeb MondalAFL India 26 172 65
10Biswajit DasAFL India23 180 65
11Sarojit MondalAFL India 19 172 65
12Kamal DasAFL India 25 180 73
13Sudip ChakrabortyAFL India18 187 78
14Rakesh GhoshAFL India23 180 65
15Prasanta Debnath AFL India23 170 68
16Dipranjan Dingal AFL India19 175 70
17 Vishnu RISHIE AFL India21 170 65
18 Mayank SHAHAFL India 22 177 70
19 Prakash KAILASANTHANAFL India 22 170 65
20Vasanth SUBRAMANIAMAFL India 22 18470
21 Sasank YEDLAPALLI Cambridge Int. College20 175 75
22 Jaideep SINGHCambridge Int. College 21 17576
23 Rachit MONGACambridge Int. College 20 168 55
24 Ankit KNSALCambridge Int. College 21 180 78
25 Kavardeep SINGH Cambridge Int. College26 180 75
26 Shekhar VERMA Cambridge Int. College21 175 76


Coach: Biswadip Chakraborty
Assistant Coach: Kishore Patra
Team Manager: Achintya Saha/Sanjeev Nagar
Host Club: Essendon FC