Chhattisgarh State senior men’s handball team will participate in 44th Senior Men National Handball Championship to be held in Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) from October 11 to 16. The championship will be organised under the joint aegis of Madhya Pradesh Handball Association and Indian Handball Association.
The senior state handball team of men was declared after the 21 days special training camp which was held at National Handball Academy Ground, Sector-4 Bhilai.
The selected team players are Anand NS, Firoz Ahmed Khan, Beenu Vasu, Faisal Ahmed Khan, B Kalita, SN Dubey, Sidhharth Bidhuri (all from CISF Bhilai); Sandeep Kumar Puniya, Jai Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Samridhh Kalkar, Sandeep Kumar Baraniya, Rajesh Kumar (all from Durg District); Suresh and Kankeshwar Rao (from National Handball Academy); and Yashaswi Sharma (from Bilaspur). BD Karupati (Coach from BSP), Mohammed Yusuf (Assistant Coach from BSP) and Kunal (Manager, CISF) will be the team officials.
Baldev Singh Bhatia, General Secretary of Chhattisgarh Olympic Association (COA), Dr. Rajesh Mishra, President of COA, officials of COA and several others have wished goodluck to players and extended for their performance in the tournament.