Several senior players including Dhanraj Pillay and Baljit Singh Dhillon were not included in the 18-member squad.
Ace forward Dhanraj Pillay was not considered for selection as he is still nursing an injury.\n\n
The Indian Hockey Federation announced an experimental side for the January 8-18 tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
They beat Bangalore Hi-Fliers in their last match of the Premier Hockey League to finish with 13 points.
Baljit Dhillon, Baljit Singh Saini, Dinesh Nayak, Didar Singh, Tejbir Singh and goalkeeper Kamaldeep Singh have also been left out.
The veteran striker was reported to be unhappy playing under a 'much junior' Viren Rasquinha.
The IHF president said he made the "mistake" of including the likes of Dhanraj Pillay in the team for the Olympics.
India captain Dhanraj Pillay said the camp in Himachal Pradesh helped the team get closer.
India's captain says recent performances have made the 'world stand up and take notice of Indian hockey'.
The India captain said the concept is less taxing and easy to follow.
India, Australia, Australia 'A' and Pakistan will play two tournaments between May 28 and June 8, in Perth and Sydney.\n\n
Two goals down, India won their Group B match 4-2 and stayed in the hunt for a semi-final berth in the men's hockey tournament.
Mercurial forward Dhanraj Singh, Baljit Singh Dhillon and Jugraj Singh have been included among the 26-probables for the Olympics.
Johnson Ekka's hat-trick gave Andhra Pradesh a 4-1 victory over Bengal in the National Games hockey tournament.
They beat Border Security Force in the final. Namdhari XI finished third.
The ace striker was not picked in an 18-member "experimental" side to play in a four-nation tournament in Japan.
India frittered a two-goal lead and went down 2-4 in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
The chief coach said, "Whatever I did was in the best interests of the team." Pillay said the matter was best forgotten.
The two exchanged words after Pillay was reprimanded by the coach for talking to the media.
The captain of India's hockey team will feature in a video that will create awareness about a social cause.
Bajit Dhillon, Bajit Saini and Mukesh Kumar return to the Indian team for tournaments in Australia.
Former India captain Dhanraj Pillay has expressed a desire to be the coach of the national hockey team. He claims that if given a free hand he can deliver results within a year.
'If he is being spoken in the same breath as Dhyan Chand, then you can image how good he was.'
Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.
'Being a cricketer, I will say that the game needs to be globalised, without any doubt'
'Indian hockey will lose out on one of its most important nurseries of good hockey talent.'
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
India's limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma, star wrestler Vinesh Phogat, TT player Manika Batra and Paralympic gold-winning high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu were on Tuesday picked for this year's Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the sports ministry's selection committee.
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