A LOOK AT THE TEAMS:
Jaypee Punjab Warriors
The Chandigarh-based franchise emerged as champions last year by beating Kalinga Lancers 6-1 in the final. It was young gun Armaan Qureshi who rose to the occasion by scoring maximum goals for his team in the tournament with a strong eight goals to his credit. With the team recruiting the Netherlands skipper Robert van der Horst, who is making his first appearance in the Coal India HIL, the Jaypee Punjab Warriors is only more formidable this year with the likes of legends Mark Knowles, Sardar Singh, SV Sunil, Jacob Whetton among others in their lineup. a?We will definitely be aiming to retain the title this year and win it in front of our home crowd in Chandigarh. Our team the same from last year with minor changes and we know each otheras game well so that should be an advantage,a? asserted team Captain Sardar Singh.
The line-up:
Forwards:AAjit Kumar Pandey, Armaan Qureshi, Jacob Whetton (Australia), Jasjit Singh Kular, Mark Gleghorne (England), Nithin Thimmaiah, Satbir Singh, SV Sunil
Midfielders: Baljit Singh Boparai, Matt Gohdes (Australia), Robert van der Horst (Netherlands), Sardar Singh, Simon Orchard (Australia)
Defenders: AMink van der Weerden (Netherlands), Harbir Singh Sandhu, Hardik Singh, Mark Knowles (Australia), Varun Kumar
Goalkeepers: Jugraj Singh, Tristan Clemons (Australia)
