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National Hockey Championship in April-May 2016
New Delhi: The 2016 National Hockey Championship will be played from April 11 to May 1 in Saifai, Uttar Pradesh.
The championship has been divided into two sections — A and B. The A section, matches will be held from April 19 to May 1, and the B section ties will be played between April 11-21.
The women’s championship will be held in Bengaluru from April 19 to May 1. The A section matches will be held from April 25 to May 1 while the B section games will played between April 19 to 27.
The junior national championship for both girls and boys will be held in Ranchi. The boys’ event will be held from April 12 to 24 and the girls’ will play from April 24 to May 8.
The sub-junior boys’ tournament will be held in Imphal from May 6 to 22. The sub-junior girls’ event will be played first in the Assamese town Nagaon from January 29 to February 6 and then will be played in in the state capital Guwahati from February 8 to 16.
“I am delighted and eager for the action to begin in the sixth Hockey India (HI) National Championships from January 2016,” HI secretary general Mohd. Mushtaque Ahmad said on Friday.
“These championships have brought forward the future stars of Indian hockey and its nothing less than an honour to see how youngsters from all corners of the country are working hard towards making a career for themselves in the sport. I am confident the National Championships are going to unearth some bright future stars for Indian hockey.”
The tournament will see the Railways Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) defend their titles in both senior men and women categories. Hockey Odisha will be defending their junior boys title while Hockey Haryana will do the same in junior women.
Hockey Odisha and Hockey Punjab will be defending the sub-junior men’s and women’s titles respectively.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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