Chennai Cheetahs

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Chennai Cheetahs
Full nameChennai Cheetahs
Nickname(s)Cheetahs
Founded2011
Home groundMayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai
(Capacity 8,670)
OwnerChennai Sports Organisers Pvt. Ltd.
CoachJose Brasa
WebsiteOfficial website
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Chennai Cheetahs (CCH) was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that played in World Series Hockey. It was owned by Chennai Sports Organisers Private Limited (CSO). The team was captained by the Australian Brent Livermore and coached by the Spaniard Jose Brasa. The team's home ground was Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium.

Ownership[edit]

The team was owned by Chennai Sports Organisers (CSO), which is promoted by L. T. Nanwani, owner of Jubilee Granites.[1][2]

Team anthem[edit]

The team anthem was composed by the Tamil playback singer, Srinivas. The music for the song was provided by Krishna Chetan and lyrics by Kavi Varman. It was sung by Suchith Suresan, Anand Aravindakshan and Nivas.[3]

Team composition[edit]

[4] [5]

Player Nationality Goals
Goalkeepers
Bharat Chettri  India -
Chintakunta Santosh Kumar  India -
Jasbir Singh  India -
Strikers
Adam Sinclair  India 9
Benedikt Sperling  Germany
Danish Mujtaba  India
Dharamvir Singh  India
Hamza Mujtaba  India
Muthanna B. K.  India
Peter Kelly  Australia
Parveen Kumar  India 4
Roderik Huber  Netherlands
S. Arumugam  India
Sandeep Antil  India 1
S. Shivamani  India 1
Veerasamy Raja  India 1
Midfielders
Amardeep Ekka  India
Brent Livermore (captain)  Australia
Davinderpal Singh  India
Gaurav Tokhi  India
Joseph Reardon  Australia
Mark Harris  Australia 2
Rafeeq S. M.  India
Vikas Sharma  India 1
Vikram Pillay  India 6
Defenders
Amit Kumar Prabhakar  India
Dhananjay Mahadik  India
Gauravjeet Singh  India
Samir Baxla  India
Sunil Yadav  India 1
Syed Imran Warsi  Pakistan 19

Performance[edit]

Performance summary
Season Matches Won Drawn Lost Win %
2012 14 6 1 7 46.15%
Performance details
Goals for 41 (2.93 per match)
Goals against 43 (3.07 per match)
Most goals Pakistan Syed Imran Warsi (19)
Position: 1st
Performance by opponents
Opposition Matches Won Drawn Lost For Against Win %
Bhopal Badshahs 2 1 0 1 5 4 50.00%
Chandigarh Comets 2 1 0 1 5 6 50.00%
Delhi Wizards 2 2 0 0 11 6 100.00%
Karnataka Lions 2 1 0 1 7 6 50.00%
Mumbai Marines 2 0 0 2 3 8 0.00%
Pune Strykers 2 1 1 0 6 4 100.00%
Sher-e-Punjab 2 0 0 2 4 9 0.00%

Fixtures and results[edit]

2012[edit]

No. Date Score Opponent Venue Report
1 1 March 2 - 5 Sher-e-Punjab Jalandhar Match 2
2 3 March 5 - 3 Chandigarh Comets Chandigarh Match 7
3 5 March 5 - 2 Delhi Wizards Delhi Match 12
4 6 March 2 - 4 Mumbai Marines Chennai Match 13
5 9 March 3 - 3 Pune Strykers Chennai Match 19
6 10 March 3 - 5 Karnataka Lions Chennai Match 21
7 12 March 1 - 3 Bhopal Badshahs Bhopal Match 26
8 15 March 3 - 1 Pune Strykers Pune Match 29
9 17 March 4 - 1 Karnataka Lions Bangalore Match 34
10 20 March 4 - 1 Bhopal Badshahs Chennai Match 38
11 25 March 2 - 4 Sher-e-Punjab Chennai Match 45
12 26 March 0 - 3 Chandigarh Comets Chennai Match 47
13 28 March 6 - 4 Delhi Wizards Chennai Match 52
14 30 March 1 - 4 Mumbai Marines Mumbai Match 56
Position in league phase: 6th
Failed to qualify for semi-finals

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chennai Sports Organisers own "Chennai Cheetahs" a franchise of WSH". The Fans of Hockey. 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  2. ^ "WSH unveils first franchise - Chennai Cheetahs". Sportz Power. 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. ^ Srinivasan, Meera (27 February 2012). "Singing out to Chennai Cheetahs". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Chennai Cheetahs". World Series Hockey. 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Players". Chennai Cheetahs. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.