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. In the inaugural cup in 2005, the ''Chennai Veerans'' led by

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finished at the bottom of the group with two wins and six losses. After finishing at the bottom of the premier division in the inaugural PHL in year 2005, Chennai Veerans were relegated to Tier-II division of PHL in 2006, where they played along with

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, Lucknow Nawabs, Delhi Dazzlers and Imphal Rangers. In this league Chennai Veerans finished runners-up to Orissa Steelers. It was later decided that in 2007 no team should be relegated from Tier I. Instead 2 teams were added to the premier division ier-I So 7 teams entered the current Tier-I of 3rd PHL-2007 - 1) Sher-e-jalandhar, 2) Orissa Steelers, 3)

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, 5) Chennai Veerans, 6) Chandigarh Dynamos, and the Tier-II division was scrapped for the year 2007 by the IHF.

Players name for year 2005

(Captain) * Devesh Chauhan (G.K.) *Rajarajan (G.K) * William Xalxo *Nitin Kumar *Jagath Jothi *Vivek Gupta *Bimal Lakra *Prabakaran *Jagan Senthil *

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*Venkatesh *Raja *Birender Lakra *Sundeep Singh *

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(Spain) *Harender Singh (Chief Coach) *Rama Swamy (Asst Coach) *Saju Joseph (Trainer) *Venkatachalam (Stand In Manager) *T.A. Jabaratnam (Manager) The current team of Chennai Veerans in 2007 PHL is led by Adam Sinclair. Their brand ambassador for the 2007 season is actor Madhavan

Results of Chennai Veerans

* 2005 - 5th place in Tier-I remierdivision * 2006 - 2nd place in Tier-II division * 2007 - 6th place of Tier-I remierdivision.

References

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