Sathish to lead Tamil Nadu at Hockey Nationals

Tamil Nadu is placed alongside Telangana and Himachal Pradesh in Pool A, with the top team in each group making the cut for the quarter-finals. In an event organised by the Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu on Friday, Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development Siva V Meyyanathan and HUTN president Sekar J Manoharan handed kits to the Tamil Nadu contingent.

SQUAD: J Sathish (c), V Shanmugam, N Senthil Kumar, M Dhanush, H Shyam Kumar, GM Pruthvi, N Ramesh, S Silver Stalin, RT Raghuram, J Joshua Benedict Wesley, A Senthamizh Arasu (gk), S Mareeswaran, C Dinesh Kumar, P Shanmugam, M Arun Prasadh (gk), D Muthu Selvan, S Karthi and A Sundarapandiyan

STAFF: T Charles Dixon (head coach), Muthukumaran (assistant coach), B Raghul (physiotherapist) and D Clement Lurduraj (team manager)