Chandigarh Comets

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Chandigarh Comets
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Full nameChandigarh Comets
Nickname(s)The Comets
Founded2012
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Home ground Sector 42 Stadium, Chandigarh
(Capacity 30,000)
CoachHarendra Singh
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Chandigarh Comets (CCO) was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Chandigarh that played in World Series Hockey. Pakistani striker Rehan Butt was the captain of the team and Harendra Singh was the coach. Sector 42 Stadium was the home ground of Chandigarh Comets. [1]

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Chandigarh Comets were at the top of the table in the league phase but ended up as the semi-finalists of the inaugural edition of WSH. They lost to Pune Strykers in the semi-final 3–4 in the penalty shoot-out. [2] Gurjinder Singh was leading goal scorer for the team who also top-scored in the tournament along with Syed Imran Warsi with 19 goals apiece. [3]

History

2012 season

Comets played the inaugural match of the season against Bhopal Badshahs at their home ground where they faced a 4–3 defeat. [4] They continued with a 3–5 loss from Chennai Cheetahs. A 5–2 win over Mumbai Marines fetched them their first victory and first points for the season. [5] With an average start to the season they made a remarkable performance in the later stage. Chandigarh won almost all of their next 10 league matches, though they were held by Bhopal Badshahs 4–4, despite leading by 4 goals to none at one stage. [6] Their only defeat came against Sher-e-Punjab where they lost 5–2. A 4–3 win against Mumbai Marines in their penultimate league stage match got them through to the semi-finals. [7] They ended up as the table toppers after a 6–1 win over Karnataka Lions in their final match. [8]

They faced Pune Strykers in the semi-final at Mahindra Hockey Stadium in Mumbai. [9] Leading the match 4–1 at one stage, they seemed through to the finals before Strykers fought back. A last minute goal by Pune leveled the score 4–4. Misses by the skipper Rehan Butt and Canadian Sukhwinder Singh ended the penalty shoot-out with 3–2 in favour of Pune. [10]

Team composition

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PlayerNationalityMatchesGoals
Goalkeepers
Harjot SinghFlag of India.svg  India 11-
P. R. Shreejesh Flag of India.svg  India -
Swinder SinghFlag of India.svg  India 6-
Strikers
Bharat ChikaraFlag of India.svg  India 141
Jasjit Singh KularFlag of India.svg  India 151
Mohammed Amir KhanFlag of India.svg  India 144
Pramod KumarFlag of India.svg  India 7
Ranjodh SinghFlag of India.svg  India 91
Ramandeep SinghFlag of India.svg  India 135
Rehan Butt (captain)Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 133
Sanawar AliFlag of India.svg  India 3
Sarvanjit SinghFlag of India.svg  India
Sher SinghFlag of India.svg  India 15
Sukhwinder Singh Gabbar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1510
Midfielders
Ajitesh RoyFlag of India.svg  India 131
Barkat SinghFlag of India.svg  India 141
Belsajar HoroFlag of India.svg  India 111
Birender LakraFlag of India.svg  India
Gurmeet SinghFlag of India.svg  India 3
Jiwa MohanFlag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia 14
Lloyd Stephenson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 151
Preetinder Singh SidhuFlag of India.svg  India 15
Robert GreenFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 152
Sandeep SinghFlag of India.svg  India
Defenders
Gurjinder SinghFlag of India.svg  India 1519
Imran KhanFlag of India.svg  India 6
Manpreet SinghFlag of India.svg  India
Mathew PhillipsFlag of England.svg  England 14

Fixtures and results

2012

Goals for50 (3.33 per match)
Goals against38 (2.53 per match)
Most goals Flag of India.svg Gurjinder Singh (19)
Position: 1st
No.DateScoreOpponentVenueReport
129 February3 - 4 Bhopal Badshahs Chandigarh Match 1
23 March3 - 5 Chennai Cheetahs Chandigarh Match 7
34 March5 - 2 Mumbai Marines Mumbai Match 10
46 March2 - 3 Karnataka Lions Bangalore Match 14
58 March3 - 1 Sher-e-Punjab Chandigarh Match 17
611 March3 - 1 Pune Strykers Pune Match 23
714 March1 - 0 Delhi Wizards Delhi Match 28
816 March2 - 5 Sher-e-Punjab Jalandhar Match 31
919 March4 - 3 Pune Strykers Chandigarh Match 35
1020 March3 - 2 Delhi Wizards Chandigarh Match 37
1124 March4 - 4 Bhopal Badshahs Bhopal Match 43
1226 March3 - 0 Chennai Cheetahs Chennai Match 47
1328 March4 - 3 Mumbai Marines Chandigarh Match 51
1429 March6 - 1 Karnataka Lions Chandigarh Match 53
151 April2 - 3(PS)
4 - 4(FT)		 Pune Strykers Mumbai Semi-final 2
Position in league phase: 1st
Semi-finalists

Statistics

Performance summary
SeasonMatchesWonDrawnLostWin%
2012 1591560.00%
Home750271.43%
Away841350.00%
Overall1591560.00%
Performance details
Goals for50 (3.33 per match)
Goals against38 (2.53 per match)
Most goals Flag of India.svg Gurjinder Singh (19)
Position: 1st
Performance by Oppositions
OppositionMatchesWonDrawnLostForAgainstWin%
Bhopal Badshahs 2011780.00%
Chennai Cheetahs 21016550.00%
Delhi Wizards 220042100.00%
Karnataka Lions 21018450.00%
Mumbai Marines 220095100.00%
Pune Strykers 320111866.67%
Sher-e-Punjab 21015650.00%

Hat-tricks

No.PlayerOppositionResultSeasonVenueReport
1 Flag of India.svg Gurjinder Singh4 Karnataka Lions 6 – 1 2012 Chandigarh – Sector 42 Stadium 29 March 2012
4 Player scored 4 goals

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