State volleyball team picked for Nationals

The men’s volleyball state team for Senior Nationals was picked in Shimla on Sunday. The selection trials were held again after some players had alleged favouritism in the trials held a few days back.

In the trials held again, 14 players were selected while five have been named as stand-by. The selected players include Dishant Raja, Raman, Rohit Kumar, Sunil Kumar, Jitender, Sameer Jaswal, Arjun Sharma, Paras Pundir, Narinder Singh, Rajat Thakur, Kartik Verma, Ronit Tokruwan, Akshay Kapta and Pramod. Besides, Abhay, Ujjwal, Kartavya, Shivanshu and Ishaan have been picked as stand-by players.

The selected team will represent the state in the Senior National Volleyball Competition to be held in Jaipur from January 7-13. The trials were conducted again as some players alleged that favourites were given a place in the team.

Initially, the players registered their protest through social media, and then complained about it to Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. The Sports Department then cancelled the trials, and conducted fresh trials.