Sathish to lead TN in Sr hockey nat’ls  

By Express News Service

CHENNAI: J Sathish of Chennai will lead the Tamil Nadu senior men’s hockey team in the 11th Hockey India senior men nationals to be held at Pune from December 11 to 22. Siva V Meyyanathan, TN Minster for Environment and Pollution Control, Youth Welfare and Sports Development distributed kits worth Rs 1,00, 000  to the players and support staff at the SDAT Mayor Radhakrishnan stadium, Egmore, Chennai on Friday.

Team: J Sathish (captain), Shanmugam V, Senthil Kumar N, Dhanush M, Shyam Kumar H, Pruthvi GM, N Ramesh, Silver Stalin S, RT Raghuram, Joshua Benedict Wesley, Senthamizh Arasu A (gk), S Marreeswaran, C Dinesh Kumar, P Shanmugam, M Arun Prasadh (gk), D Muthu Selvan, S Karthi, Sundarapandiyan A. Head coach: T Charles Dixon; Assistant coach: Muthukumaran; Physio: B Raghul; Manager: D Clement Lurduraj.

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