The WIFA XI is a mix of the Maharashtra Santosh Trophy squad that made it to the semi-finals this year and internationals Steven Dias and Raju Gaikwad. Steven Dias will lead the charge for WIFA XI. The coach for the team is Irenio Vaz. Augusto D’Silva and Salim Pathan will be his assistants.
Meanwhile, the WIFA XI will be boosted by the presence of professional footballers, Jose Ramirez Barretto and Roberto ‘Beto’ Mendes da Silva. Freight Express International Cargo (FEI), along with WIFA, will also be felicitating the Mizoram team on June 6 at the ICE awards ceremony at Bandra.
FEI has borne all the expenses for flying down the Mizoram team and hosting them at The Leela.
WIFA XI: Jose Ramirez Barretto and Roberto ‘Beto’ Mendes da Silva, Rohel Shaikh, Floyd Dharmai, Abhishek Ambekar, Mohd. Shabaz Pathan, Linekar Machado, Mohammed Shafique, Paresh Shivalkar, Raju Gaikwad, Dane Pereira, Steven Dias (C), Loukik Jadhav, Praneel Mendon, Kunal Sawant (GK), Somi PT, Ruben D’Souza, Rahul Bheke, Harshad Meher (GK), Deepak Iramalu, Nihal Chandran and Sujit Pandey.