Seven Mohun Bagan players – Vishal Kaith, Abhishek Singh Tekcham, Sahal Abdul Samad, Anirudh Thapa, Manvir Singh, Liston Colaco and Suhail Ahmad Bhat – returned to the club after their tickets were cancelled on Saturday evening. Lalengmawia Ralte, also named in the preliminary squad, was unavailable due to injury.
