Tamil Nadu, last-edition Senior National Hockey Championship runner-up, is through to the quarterfinal and Mareeswaran hopes his team will be able to cross the final hurdle this time.
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Tamil Nadu’s Mareeswaran was named the player of the match for his hat-trick against Hockey Himachal at the 13th Senior National Hockey Championship. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Tamil Nadu kicked off its campaign at the 13th Senior National Hockey Championship at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium here with a staggering 15-1 win over Assam. Forward Mareeswaran Sakthivel, though, had a relatively quiet game as he played and operated on the flanks in the system designed by coach Charles Dixon. 
