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* Indian Rugby Football Union has announced a 25-member national men’s team, including two from Odisha for participation in the above-mentioned championship.
* Of the Odisha duo, Bikash Jena is serving in Army Services Corpse and Muna Murmu belongs to Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS).
INDIAN TEAM: Shokender, Surinder Singh, Sukhdeep Singh, Uthaya Sankar, Samser Singh, Sujai Lama, Sukhwinder Singh, Bikash Jena, Rohit Sivach (all Services); Mukesh Mankotia, Bharat, Neeraj, Nitin Dagar, Jagga Singh, Kamaldeep Dagar, Rakesh Lochab, Parmeet Dabas, Gautam Dagar, Vikas Khatri, Prince Khatri (all Delhi); Suraj Prasad, Sourojit Ghosh, Akash Balmiki (all West Bengal); Muna Murmu (Odisha), Hrishikesh Pendse (Maharashtra). Management: Manas Kumar Jena, Sandeep Chaudhari, Pramod Yadav, Nasser Hussain.