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.

Chennai Cheetahs
Full nameChennai Cheetahs
Nickname(s)Cheetahs
Founded2011
Home groundMayor Radhakrishnan Stadium, Chennai
(Capacity 8,670)
Personnel
CaptainBrent Livermore
CoachJose Brasa
OwnerChennai Sports Organisers Pvt. Ltd.
WebsiteOfficial website
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Ownership

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

Team anthem

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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

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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

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2012

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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

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  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.