Chennai Cheetahs

Chennai Cheetahs

Full name	Chennai Cheetahs
Nickname(s)	Cheetahs
Founded	2011
Home ground	Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai (Capacity 8,670)
Personnel
Captain	Brent Livermore
Coach	Jose Brasa
Owner	Chennai Sports Organisers Pvt. Ltd.
Website	Official website
Home Away

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

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

Team anthem

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

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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

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	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

2012

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

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.