After facing criticism for last year’s lengthy schedule, the Premier Hockey League (PHL) promises to have lesser number of matches in the fourth edition.
The event will be held across various cities from next year
NEW DELHI: After facing criticism for last year’s lengthy schedule, the Premier Hockey League (PHL) promises to have lesser number of matches in the fourth edition of the tournament, starting December 20 in Chandigarh.
Altogether, 37 matches were played last time and many of the foreign players were vociferous about the lengthy schedule. This year, the 22-day long tournament will have 26 matches, which will include round robin ties, semifinals and the best of three finals.
While the winners will take home Rs 40 lakh as prize money, the runners-up will be richer by Rs 20 lakh. The losing semi-finalists will win a purse of Rs 5 lakh each.
“There is time constraint as this is the Olympic qualifiers year. The shortened duration is because of that. Next year, we’ll be back to the original format,” IHF president KPS Gill said on Friday.
He said the tournament will be moving the tournament to other cities, but next year on it may be held at various other cities.
Orissa Steelers
Dilip Tirkey (c), W Xalxo, J Saroha, P Tirkey, R Minz, B Hadrian Lugun, S Yadav, D Singh, Sunil Ekka, Birendra Lakra, Gurupeet Singh, Ignace Tirkey, Amardeep Ekka, Eliazar Lakra, Ajitesh Rai.
Sher-E-Jalandhar
Kanwalpreet Singh (c), Gurvinder Singh Chandi, Kulwinder Singh, Jarnail Singh, Davinder Singh Bath, Harpal Singh, Prabhdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Yodhvir Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Pradeep Kumar, Ranjodh Singh, Gagan Ajit Singh, Gurwinder Singh, Jugraj Singh, Sarvanjit Singh
Chandigarh Dynamos
Rajpal Singh (c), Baljit Singh, Surinder Singh, Sandeep Singh, S S Gill, Gaurav Tokhi, Jaswinder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, Irshaad Ali, Deepak Thakur, Inderjit Chadha, Prabhjot Singh, Ravi Pal, Sher Singh, Dharamveer Singh.
Chennai Veerans
Adam Sinclair (c), Sanawar Ali, Sreejesh PR, Isaac Muthuselvan, Sivabalan, Kumar Senthil Kumar, Innocent Kullu, Mahendra Singh, Raja V, Ashwin, Raghunath, Sommanna, Danish Mujtaba, Vikramjit Singh.
Maratha Warriors
Viren Rasquinha (c), Adrian D’Souza, Suraj Kanta, Kuldeep Singh, Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Ajmer Singh, Girish Pimple, Tyrone Pereira, Dhananjay Mahadik, Bharat Kumar Chikara, Shivender Singh, Alden D’Souza, Hardeep Singh, Mirza.
Bangalore Hi-Fliers
Tushar Khandekar (c), Bharath Kumar Chhetri, Len Aiyappa, PT Rao, Ajay Kumar Saroha, Vinaya VS, Bimal Lakra, Arjun Halappa, Vikram Kanth, Cheeyanna, Hari Prasad, Sandeep Michael, SV Sunil, KA Nilesh, Kamarjit Singh.
Hydrabad Sultans
Sardara Singh (c), Dinesh Ekka, Samir Baxla, Jasbir Singh, Diwakar Ram, Johnson Ekka, Anand Tirkey, Nitin Kumar, Didar Singh, Pramod Kumar, Bikas Toppo, Pawal Lakra, Veer Singh, Kulbhushan, KM Chengappa.
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