A few days after India finished medal-less at the Commonwealth Games in Australia this April, the captain's armband was taken away from Manpreet Singh and handed over to goalkeeper PR Sreejesh.

It was then said that Sreejesh would lead the team till the end of the year. However, following India's unimpressive bronze-medal finish at the Asian Games in Indonesia (August 18 to Sep 2), and a few days before the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat (October 18-28), the captain's armband was handed back to Manpreet. On Thursday, Manpreet was named skipper for the upcoming FIH World Cup (November 28 to December 16) in Bhubaneswar.