Dipsan Tirkey will shoulder the responsibility of the vice-captain.
Goalkeeper Vikas Dahiya, who was stand-by goalkeeper for PR Sreejesh at the Rio Olympics, will also feature in the team along with Suraj Karkera as the second goalkeeper.
The defence line-up will see Varun Kumar, who had an impressive outing at the Australian Hockey League with seven goals including a hat-trick. He will be joined by Gurinder Singh, Dipsan Tirkey, Harmanpreet Singh, Hardik Singh and Anand Lakra.
India will take on 2013 Junior World Champions Germany in their opening game on October 24 before playing Belgium and hosts Spain.
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"The boys played their heart out in the Australian Hockey League and their performance was commendable. In Valencia, we will now meet some of the top junior teams like Germany, Belgium and Spain which should keep us in good stead for the Junior World Cup later this year," Harendra Singh, Indian Junior Men's team coach, said.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Vikas Dahiya, Suraj Karkera.
Defenders: Varun Kumar, Dipsan Tirkey (vc), Hardik Singh, Gurinder Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Anand Lakra.
: Nilakanta Sharma, Harjeet Singh (c), Santa Singh, Sumit, Shamsher Singh.
Forwards: Armaan Qureshi, Gurjant Singh, Manpreet, Parvinder Singh, Ajay Yadav, Simranjeet Singh, Ajit Kumar Pandey.
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