India, silver medallists at the last Games in Hiroshima where they lost to South Korea in the final, will have no international outing ahead of the hockey competition which will be held at the Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium from December 7.

December 15 will be a rest day and the final will be held on December 19, as per the hockey programme.

Indian Hockey Federation president KPS Gill expressed surprise over secretary K Jothikumaran releasing the list in Bangkok, where an Indian selection is participating in a four-nation pre-Asian Games tournament.

Gill said the team list has been forwarded to the Indian Olympic Association for the apex body to fax it to the Games organising committee in time to meet the November 6 deadline.

Olympian Ashish Ballal, in the wilderness for the last two years, half-backSandeep Somesh and forward Sameer Dad have been included in the team picked by the selection committee on November 3. Forward Gagan Ajit Singh, goalkeeper Jude Menezes and Cheops D'Costa, who played in the September Commonwealth Games where India finished fourth, do not find a place.

TEAM: Goalkeepers: Ashish Ballal, AB Subbaiah (both IA). Defenders: Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla (both IA), Anil Aldrin (AI).

Half-backs: Baljit Singh Saini (PSB), Sandeep Somesh (Mum), Ramandeep Singh (Punj) and Thirumalvalavan (tn). Forwards: Mukesh Kumar (IA), Dhanraj Pillay (Mum), Sabu Varkey (Mum), Mohd Riaz (IA), Baljit Singh Dhillon (Punj), Sameer Dad (IA) and L Prabhakaran (TN). Chief coach: MK Kaushik. Assistant coach: MR Negi. Manager: MS Mallick (Haryana). Coaching advisor: Merwyn Fernandes.