The Indian Senior Team at the 1974 Merdeka Cup:
TEAM:
Goalkeepers: S. Sethumadhavan (Premier Tyres, Kerala), Prasanta Mitra (Bengal).
Defenders: Nicholas Pereira (Goa), Ram Bahadur (Services), Pradeep Chowdhury (Maharashtra), Shyamal Ghosh (Bengal), Subrata Bhattacharya (Railways), Dilip Palit (Railways).
Midfielder: Gautam Sarkar (Bengal), Prasun Banerjee (Bengal), Ranjit Thapa (Maharashtra - Vice-CAPTAIN).
Forwards: Lateefuddin (Bengal), Surojit Sengupta (Bengal), Shabbir Ali (Maharashtra), Bernard Pereira (Vasco SC), Magan Singh (Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, Bikaner - CAPTAIN), Manjit Singh (Border Security Force, Punjab).
COACH: J. KITTU (NIS, Patiala); TECHNICAL ASSISTANT: NIKHIL KUMAR NANDY (Bengal); MANAGER: MAGAN SINGH (Delhi).

RESULTS:
Group A
23-Jul-74: India 4-2 Thailand - Goals - India: 3xMagan Singh, Bernard Pereira; Thailand: Pasrapon, Niwatna Sesawao.
25-Jul-74: India 1-4 Malaysia - Goals - India: Magan Singh; Malaysia: 3xSyed Ahmad, Mohammed Bakar.
27-Jul-74: India 2-2 Hongkong - Goals - India: Magan Singh, Manjit Singh; Hongkong: 2xGu Kwok Kit.
Fifth-Place Playoff:
02-Aug-74: India 0-0,2-4 Indonesia (after penalties)
India finish sixth.


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