Prabodh Tirkey will lead the 18-member Indian team at the Asia Cup in Chennai.
The midfielder will lead India at the Azlan Shah tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, from May 5 to 15.
While Dilip Tirkey is the ruling Biju Janata Dal candidate for the Sundergarh (ST) Lok Sabha constituency, his junior and former India hockey captain, Prabodh Tirkey is the Congress candidate from the Talsara (ST) assembly segment also in Sundergarh district.
Prabodh Tirkey will lead the 16-member Indian hockey team at the seven-nation junior Challenger tournament starting in Poland.
Drag-flicker Len Aiyappa was also included in the 16-man squad for the Afro-Asian Games.
Gagan Ajit Singh and Vikram Pillay failed to find a place in the list of probables for the Doha Asian Games.
India scored a not-so-confident 3-2 win in their third test to take a 2-1 lead over a fighting Belgium in their five-test series at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on Monday evening.
The camp for the Asia Cup will now commence from Tuesday.
Defending champions Orissa Steelers found their wonted form and registered an exciting 4-2 win over Maratha Warriors to keep their hopes alive for a semi-final berth in the Premier Hockey League at the Sector 42 Hockey Stadium in Chandigarh on Saturday night.
Sandeep Singh 's brace from penalty-corners gave Airlines a 2-0 victory over Punjab and Sing Bank in the final
They blanked hosts Malaysia 3-0 in the final. Probodh Tirkey was voted player of the tournament.
The Indian Juniors drubbed Pakistan 5-0 to lift the Six-nation Junior Challenge Cup Hockey tournament in Poland.
The team, led by Prabodh Tirkey, won its opening match in the Junior Challenger in Poland 10-0.
A 3-2 victory gave Pakistan their second victory in the six-nation Junior hockey tournament.
India rallied to hold the Germans 1-1 in their second match of the six-nation junior hockey tournament.
