BERAR Hockey Academy (Vidarbha) Amravati has announced its team for the 1st Hockey India Sub-junior Academy National Championship which is going to be held at Bhopal from October 4. A total of 22 players have been selected which will be later pruned to final 18. The team has two players from Nagpur. After Vidarbha Hockey Association (VHA) was denied affiliation by Hockey India stating the one state one unit criteria, Berar Hockey Academy (Vidarbha) Amravati was formed so that players from the region do not suffer. Berar Hockey Academy is placed in Pool B along with Mata Sahib Kaur Hockey Academy, Jarkhar, Ludhiana and Naval Tata Academy, Jamshedpur. They will start their campaign against Naval Tata Academy on October 4 followed by their match against Mata Sahib Kaur Hockey Academy, Jarkhar, Ludhiana the next day.

 

The final will be held on October 13. The team Tausif Baig Asif Baig (Goalkeeper, Bhusawal), Sahil Ramesh Vaidya (GK, Wardha), Atharva Kundan Waghmare (Aurangabad), Piyush Rajesh Sonawne (Wardha), Amar Ramesh Barela (Bhusawal), Aman Akil Teli (Bhusawal), Afrai Gulsher Tadavi (Bhusawal), Pratik Sagar Zombade (Yavatmal), Sarthak Avinash Wankhede (Nagpur), Manthan Hanumantrao Golatia (Yavatmal), Akash Ghanshyam Barbate (Nagpur), Ankit Sudhakar Dodke (Chandrapur), Shravan Manoj Ballawar (Chandrapur), Huzefa Arham Aijaz Husain (Amravati), Farhan Khan Auaz Khan (Amravati), Arman Malik Khan (Amravati), Zakariya Kamran Riyasat Khan (Amravati), Arbaz Khan Ejaz Khan (GK, Amravati). Standbys: Pushpak Rajesh Nandurkar (Nagpur), Krishna Pravin Tallewar (Chandrapur), Mohammad Anas Shah (Amravati), Kashif Ahmed Khan Shabbir Ahmed Khan (Amravati). Coach: Wakil Ahmad Qazi. Manager: Abdul Parvez (Shams).