Soon it was talk that the rains and Navy football go hand in hand, but sadly this season no matches were played during the rains and Indian Navy has not looked even half the team that the spectators saw last year.

The sailor’s coach GC Saha says, “Most of the players are new and inexperienced in this side and hence will take time to get their bearings.”

Saha also revealed that two of his last season’s stars - Jerry and Shaji - were injured and hence could just come to even cheer their teammates.

Apart from the above two, five other Navy players have been selected to represent the country in the World Military Games. They are as follows: CT Sajith, Abhilash, Vivek Venugopal, Mukesh Kumar.