Chennai to host Hockey India Masters Cup from June 18 to 27
The event will feature twelve men's and eight women's teams. There will be group matches, followed by the knockout stage and the finals.
The competition will feature former India players like Pritam Siwach, Sita Mehta, Suman Lata Chumbak, Nishi Chauhan (all playing for Haryana women), and Olympians like Sudha Chaudhari (Haryana women) and Adam Sinclair (Tamil Nadu men).
The teams: Men: Pool-A: Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala; Pool-B: Odisha, Punjab, Puducherry; Pool-C: Chandigarh, Maharashtra, Manipur; Pool-D: Haryana, Karnataka, Tripura.
Women: Pool-A: Himachal, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala; Pool-B: Odisha, Haryana, Punjab, Tamil Nadu.
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