The third season of The Hockey India league 2015 is all prepared to set the ground on fire. The Delhi Waveriders team, the Delhi franchise in the HIl, defending champions and winners of the last season, are set to play with all energy and courage to retain the title.
In an event organised at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, the team appeared with a fresh vigour and spirit. Cedric D Souza, the team’s chief coach, welcomed four new players — Andrew Hayward, Diwakar Ramand, Erasmus Pieterse and Gurpreet Singh into the team and presented them with the team’s jersey. The coach also shared the strategies that the team will follow to retain the title yet again.
Under the captaincy of Sardar Singh and trained by Cedric D Souza, the team is all set to create a thunder on the grounds, defeating their opponents with their weapons — the hockey sticks. Ajit Pal Singh, Arjuna and Padma Shree awardee is the chief mentor of the Delhi Waveriders team.
Speaking on the occasion, Amar Sinha, executive director of Wave Group said, “We feel proud to be the part of Hockey India league. On behalf of Wave Group I invite everyone to come and experience the verve and vigour of the game. We at Wave Group have been consistently trying to make hockey, our national game, popular amongst the masses, especially the youth.We feel that as responsible citizens of this country we should put all efforts to pull back the glory of the game amongst the masses.”
Delhi Waveriders team also unveiled an audio album, created by Paddy Boyz. The songs in the album reflect the spirit of the team. The Hockey India league is scheduled to start from today and continue till February 22 with six teams competing against each other. The team of Delhi Waveriders, for the present season, has 10 international players and 14 Indian players.