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| Full name | Team Gonasika | |
|---|---|---|
| League | Hockey India League | |
| Founded | 2024 | |
| Colors | ||
| Home ground | Visakhapatnam | |
| Personnel | ||
| Captain |  Manpreet Singh | |
| Coach |  Paul Revington | |
| Owner | Tarini Prasad Mohanty [1] | |
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Team Gonasika is a field hockey franchise team based in Visakhapatnam that competes in the Hockey India League. [2] Paul Revington is the head coach of the team. [3]
| Player | Nationality | Signed | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||
| Ollie Payne |  United Kingdom | 2024 | ₹15 lakhs |
| Suraj Karkera | India | 2024 | ₹22 lakhs |
| Kamalbir Singh | India | 2024 | ₹2 lakhs |
| Defenders | |||
| Birendra Lakra | India | 2024 | ₹10 lakhs |
| Amir Ali | India | 2024 | ₹34 lakhs |
| Nilam Xess | India | 2024 | ₹17 lakhs |
| Yogember Rawat | India | 2024 | ₹11 lakhs |
| Timothy Howard |  Australia | 2024 | ₹20 lakhs |
| Dipsan Tirkey | India | 2024 | ₹6.6 lakhs |
| Anmol Ekka | India | 2024 | ₹9.2 lakhs |
| Midfielders | |||
| Manpreet Singh (C) | India | 2024 | ₹42 lakhs |
| Vishnukant Singh | India | 2024 | ₹20 lakhs |
| Jack Waller | United Kingdom | 2024 | ₹10 lakhs |
| Lee Morton | United Kingdom | 2024 | ₹10 lakhs |
| Jacob Draper | United Kingdom | 2024 | ₹5 lakhs |
| Timothée Clément |  France | 2024 | ₹7.2 lakhs |
| Forwards | |||
| Mandeep Singh | India | 2024 | ₹25 lakhs |
| Araijeet Singh Hundal | India | 2024 | ₹42 lakhs |
| Struan Walker | United Kingdom | 2024 | ₹21 lakhs |
| Victor Charlet | France | 2024 | ₹26 lakhs |
| Edition | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Shootout | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | ||||||
| 2024–25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
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