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Seniors Nandy, Climax, Dias in franchises

By The Assam Tribune

MUMBAI, July 23 (PTI): Experienced footballers Sandip Nandy, Climax Lawrence, NP Pradeep and Steven Dias were among the home-grown stars picked on day two of the domestic players draft for the Indian Super League, here today.

A total of 84 players were on offer in the two-day draft process that concluded today.

Former India goalkeeper Nandy was among the first from the second lot of 42 players to be chosen today, by Kerala Blasters � a team co-owned by cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar and coached by successful ex-East Bengal coach Trevor Morgan.

Midfielders Lawrence, Dias and Pradeep had to wait till the last few rounds before being picked by Athletico de Kolkata, Delhi Dynamos and Bengaluru respectively.

Among the others to be picked were Sanju Pradhan and Mehrajuddin Wadoo who were chosen by Kolkata and Pune franchises respectively.

Several talented youngsters were also picked by the six franchises over the last two days while two other franchises � Goa and North East FC � announced their pickings � done prior to the draft - after each round.

The first lot of 42 players was picked on day one of the draft yesterday.

The player pool was a mix of seasoned, experienced senior national players and promising young talents from across the country.

In terms of playing positions, ISL draft pool had 27 attackers (forwards and wingers), 21 midfielders, 26 defenders and 10 goalkeepers.

It also included 30 players on loan from four I-League clubs, as well as free agents who have been centrally contracted.

ISL has also made provision of additional seven players in the Central Reserve Pool to serve as future replacements in case of injuries or other emergencies.

Speaking to reporters, Dias said he was very excited to be playing for Delhi.

Delhi Dynamos: Adil Khan, Manish Bhargav, Govin Singh, Jagroop Singh, Steven Dias, Anwar Ali, Manandeep Singh

Athletico de Kolkata: Sanju Pradhan, Kinshu Debnath, Lester Fernandes, Subashish Roy Chaudhary, Baljit Sahni, Climax Lawrence, N Mohanraj

Bengaluru: Abhishek Das, Jayesh Rane, Abhijit Mondal, Anthony Barbosa, Dane Pereira, NP Pradeep, Jason Vales

Kerala Blasters: Abhinav Bag, Sandip Nandy, CS Sabeeth, Luis Baretto, Milagres Gonsalves, Ramandeep Singh, Renedy Singh

Mumbai: Rohit Mirza, Ishan Debnath, Nadong Bhutia, Asif Kottayil, Peter Costa, Lalrin Fela, Sushil Kumar Singh

Pune: Deepak Devrani, Tapan Meetai, Arindam Bhattacharya, Anupam Sarkar, Pratik Shinde, Lalit Thapa, Mehrajuddin Wadoo

Goa: Mandar Rao Desai, Romeo Fernandes, Peter Carvalho, Pranoy Halder, Probir Das, Rowilson Rodrigues,

North East United: Pritam Kumar Singh, Milan Singh, Robin Gurung, Redeem Tlang, Semilen Doungel, David Ngaihte

Day 1 draft picks:

Pune City: Lenny Rodrigues, Ravanan Dharmaraj, Ashutosh Mehta, Joaquim Abranches, Pritam Kotal, Manish Maithani, Israil Gurung

Kerala: Mehtab Hossain, Sandesh Jhingan, Ishfaq Ahmed, Gurwinder Singh, Nirmal Chettri, Sushant Mathew, Godwin Franco

Delhi: Naoba Singh, Robert Lalthamuana, Francis Fernandes, Shouvik Ghosh, Shouvik Chakraborty, Munmun Timothy Lugun, Malswamtulunga

Atletico de Kolkata: Rakesh Masih, Denzil Franco, Arnab Mondal, Cavin Lobo, Mohammed Rafi, Biswajit Saha, Mohammed Rafique

Mumbai City FC: Raju Gaikwad, Syed Rahim Nabi, SingamSubash Singh, Lalrindika Ralte, Subrata Paul, Ram Malik, Deepak Mondal

Bengaluru: Gouramangi Moirangthem Singh, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Shilton Paul, Dhanachandra Singh, Harmanjot Khabra, Denson Devadas, Khelemba Meetei.

Goa: Clifford Miranda, Gabriel Fernandes, Debabrata Roy, Laxmikant Kattimani, Shaikh Jewel Raja, Alwyn George, Narayan Das

North East FC: Kunzang Bhutia, Jibon Singh, Durga Boro, Aibor Khongjee, Zodingliana Ralte, TP Rehnesh, Boithang Haokip

Reserves: Alvito D�Cunha, Soumik Dey, Abhra Mondal, YC Meetei, Simranjeet Singh, Rajinder Kumar and Priyant Singh.

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