IND vs RUS Dream11: Team News, Match Prediction and Playing 11

The 2nd leg of the FIH Hockey Men’s Olympic Qualifier 2019 between India and Russia will be played at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. In the first leg, below-par India beat minnows Russia 4-2. Mandeep Singh's brace and a goal each from Harmanpreet Singh and SV Sunil sealed the deal for India.

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IND VS RUS Dream11 Squads

India: PR Sreejesh, Krishan B Pathak, Nilakanta Sharma, Akashdeep Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra (Vice-Captain), Surender Kumar, Varun Kumar, Amit Rohidas, Gurinder Singh, Manpreet Singh (Captain), Hardik Singh, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Sumit, Mandeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Gursahibjit Singh, Simranjit Singh

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Russia: Shchipachev Denis (Captain), Ozherelev Ivan, Proskuriakov Mikhail, Arusiia Georgii, Matkovskiy Semen, Zheleznyakov Dmitry, Skiperskiy Alexander, Artemov Evgeny, Khairullin Marat, Golubev Pavel, Lepeshkin Sergey, Kuraev Andrey, Loginov Iaroslav, Gafarov Marat, Laptev Dmitriy, Borisov Artem, Sobolevskiy Alexey, Starienko Denis

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IND VS RUS suggested Dream11 Team

Goalkeeper – PR Sreejesh

Defenders– Rupinder Pal Singh, Laroslav Loginov, Mikhail Proskuriakov, Ramandeep Singh

Midfielders- Andrey Kuraev, Amit Rohidas, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh

Forwards – Akashdeep Singh, Shchipachev Denis

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IND VS RUS Dream11 Prediction

India men's hockey team are favourites to win the second match as well

Note: These predictions are made from our own analysis and do not guarantee you positive results from the game.