Bhopal Badshahs

Bhopal Badshahs
Full nameBhopal Badshahs
Nickname(s)Badshahs
Founded2012
Dissolved2013
Home groundAishbagh Stadium, Bhopal
(Capacity 10,000)
OwnerDainik Bhaskar
CoachVasudevan Bhaskaran
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Bhopal Badshahs (BB) was an Indian professional field hockey team from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh that competed in the World Series Hockey championship. The captain of the team was Sameer Dad. Bhopal Badshahs was coached by Vasudevan Bhaskaran, who led the national hockey team to victory in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] Aishbagh Stadium was the home ground of Bhopal Badshahs.

Sponsors and partners

Dainik Bhaskar was the global partner for Bhopal Badshahs.[2][3]

Team composition

[4][5]

Player Nationality Goals
Goalkeepers
Baljeet Singh  India -
Harmanpreet Singh Jr.  India -
Strikers
Armaan Qureshi  India
Ganendrajit Ningombam  India
Geowynne Kyle Gamiet  South Africa 1
Lalit Kumar Upadhyay  India 3
N. Senthil Kumar  India
Sameer Dad (captain)  India 4
Shivendra Singh  India
Tushar Khandekar  India
Affan Yousuf  India 5
Midfielders
Waseem Ahmad  Pakistan 4
Alfonso Pombo  Spain
Casey Henwood  New Zealand 3
A. B. Cheeyanna  India 1
Azam Baig  India
C. Alemada Bopaiah  India
David Seddon  England
Girish Ravaji Pimpale  India
Harmanpreet Singh Sr.  India
Karan Laxman Bhaskaran  India 7
Mohammad Sahir  India
Rajesh Kumar  India
Ranjit Singh  India
Sardara Singh  India
Defenders
Ajay Kumar  India
Andrew Eversden  England
Baljinder Singh  India
Cariappa A. D.  India
Ganendrajit Ningombam  India
Harbir Singh  India
Kangujam Suresh Singh  India
Mudassar Ali Khan  Pakistan 1
Raghunath V. R.  India
Shailendra Singh Bundela  India 3

Performance

Performance summary
Season Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%
2012 14 5 2 7 41.67%
Performance details
Goals for 32 (2.29 per match)
Goals against 37 (2.64 per match)
Most goals India Karan Laxman Bhaskaran (7)
Position: 10th
Performance by oppositions
Opposition Matches Won Drawn Lost For Against Win%
Chandigarh Comets 2 1 1 0 8 7 100.00%
Chennai Cheetahs 2 1 0 1 4 5 50.00%
Delhi Wizards 2 1 0 1 3 4 50.00%
Karnataka Lions 2 1 0 1 5 6 50.00%
Mumbai Marines 2 1 0 1 2 2 50.00%
Pune Strykers 2 0 1 1 5 6 0.00%
Sher-e-Punjab 2 0 0 2 5 7 0.00%

Fixtures and results

2012

No. Date Score Opponent Venue Report
1 29 February 4 - 3 Chandigarh Comets Chandigarh Match 1
2 2 March 0 - 1 Mumbai Marines Mumbai Match 5
3 5 March 3 - 1 Karnataka Lions Bangalore Match 11
4 7 March 1 - 1 Pune Strykers Pune Match 16
5 9 March 2 - 1 Delhi Wizards Bhopal Match 20
6 10 March 2 - 3 Sher-e-Punjab Bhopal Match 22
7 12 March 3 - 1 Chennai Cheetahs Bhopal Match 26
8 15 March 1 - 3 Delhi Wizards Delhi Match 30
9 17 March 3 - 4 Sher-e-Punjab Jalandhar Match 33
10 20 March 1 - 4 Chennai Cheetahs Chennai Match 38
11 24 March 4 - 4 Chandigarh Comets Bhopal Match 43
12 25 March 2 - 1 Mumbai Marines Bhopal Match 46
13 27 March 2 - 5 Karnataka Lions Bhopal Match 50
14 29 March 4 - 5 Pune Strykers Bhopal Match 54
Position in league phase: 7th
Failed to qualify for semi-finals

References

  1. ^ "WSH: Bhopal Badshahs down Chandigarh Comets in opener". The Times of India. 23 January 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Dainik Bhaskar to partner Bhopal Badshahs in WSH". dailybhaskar.com. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Dainik Bhaskar, World Series Hockey in strategic partnership". DNAIndia.com. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Star players unlikely to take part in World Series Hockey". NDTV. 28 February 2012. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Bhopal Badshahs". World Series Hockey. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
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