# Chandigarh Comets

Chandigarh Comets (CCO) was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Chandigarh that played in World Series Hockey. Pakistani striker Rehan Butt was the captain of the team and Harendra Singh was the coach. Sector 42 Stadium was the home ground of Chandigarh Comets.
Chandigarh Comets were at the top of the table in the league phase but ended up as the semi-finalists of the inaugural edition of WSH. They lost to Pune Strykers in the semi-final 3–4 in the penalty shoot-out. Gurjinder Singh was leading goal scorer for the team who also top-scored in the tournament along with Syed Imran Warsi with 19 goals apiece.

## History
### 2012 season

Comets played the inaugural match of the season against Bhopal Badshahs at their home ground where they faced a 4–3 defeat. They continued with a 3–5 loss from Chennai Cheetahs. A 5–2 win over Mumbai Marines fetched them their first victory and first points for the season. With an average start to the season they made a remarkable performance in the later stage. Chandigarh won almost all of their next 10 league matches, though they were held by Bhopal Badshahs 4–4, despite leading by 4 goals to none at one stage. Their only defeat came against Sher-e-Punjab where they lost 5–2. A 4–3 win against Mumbai Marines in their penultimate league stage match got them through to the semi-finals. They ended up as the table toppers after a 6–1 win over Karnataka Lions in their final match.
They faced Pune Strykers in the semi-final at Mahindra Hockey Stadium in Mumbai. Leading the match 4–1 at one stage, they seemed through to the finals before Strykers fought back. A last minute goal by Pune leveled the score 4–4. Misses by the skipper Rehan Butt and Canadian Sukhwinder Singh ended the penalty shoot-out with 3–2 in favour of Pune.

## Team composition

| Player | Nationality | Matches | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| Harjot Singh | India | 11 | - |
| P. R. Shreejesh | India | | - |
| Swinder Singh | India | 6 | - |
| Strikers ||||
| Bharat Chikara | India | 14 | 1 |
| Jasjit Singh Kular | India | 15 | 1 |
| Mohammed Amir Khan | India | 14 | 4 |
| Pramod Kumar | India | 7 | |
| Ranjodh Singh | India | 9 | 1 |
| Ramandeep Singh | India | 13 | 5 |
| Rehan Butt (captain) | Pakistan | 13 | 3 |
| Sanawar Ali | India | 3 | |
| Sarvanjit Singh | India | | |
| Sher Singh | India | 15 | |
| Sukhwinder Singh Gabbar | Canada | 15 | 10 |
| Midfielders ||||
| Ajitesh Roy | India | 13 | 1 |
| Barkat Singh | India | 14 | 1 |
| Belsajar Horo | India | 11 | 1 |
| Birender Lakra | India | | |
| Gurmeet Singh | India | 3 | |
| Jiwa Mohan | Malaysia | 14 | |
| Lloyd Stephenson | New Zealand | 15 | 1 |
| Preetinder Singh Sidhu | India | 15 | |
| Robert Green | Australia | 15 | 2 |
| Sandeep Singh | India | | |
| Defenders ||||
| Gurjinder Singh | India | 15 | 19 |
| Imran Khan | India | 6 | |
| Manpreet Singh | India | | |
| Mathew Phillips | England | 14 | |

## Fixtures and results
### 2012

| Goals for | 50 (3.33 per match) |
| Goals against | 38 (2.53 per match) |
| Most goals | Gurjinder Singh (19) Position: 1st |
| No. | Date | Score | Opponent | Venue | Report |
| 1 | 29 February | 3 - 4 | Bhopal Badshahs | Chandigarh | Match 1 |
| 2 | 3 March | 3 - 5 | Chennai Cheetahs | Chandigarh | Match 7 |
| 3 | 4 March | 5 - 2 | Mumbai Marines | Mumbai | Match 10 |
| 4 | 6 March | 2 - 3 | Karnataka Lions | Bangalore | Match 14 |
| 5 | 8 March | 3 - 1 | Sher-e-Punjab | Chandigarh | Match 17 |
| 6 | 11 March | 3 - 1 | Pune Strykers | Pune | Match 23 |
| 7 | 14 March | 1 - 0 | Delhi Wizards | Delhi | Match 28 |
| 8 | 16 March | 2 - 5 | Sher-e-Punjab | Jalandhar | Match 31 |
| 9 | 19 March | 4 - 3 | Pune Strykers | Chandigarh | Match 35 |
| 10 | 20 March | 3 - 2 | Delhi Wizards | Chandigarh | Match 37 |
| 11 | 24 March | 4 - 4 | Bhopal Badshahs | Bhopal | Match 43 |
| 12 | 26 March | 3 - 0 | Chennai Cheetahs | Chennai | Match 47 |
| 13 | 28 March | 4 - 3 | Mumbai Marines | Chandigarh | Match 51 |
| 14 | 29 March | 6 - 1 | Karnataka Lions | Chandigarh | Match 53 |
| 15 | 1 April | 2 - 3 (PS) 4 - 4 (FT) | Pune Strykers | Mumbai | Semi-final 2 |
| Position in league phase: 1st Semi-finalists ||||||

## Statistics

Performance summary :
| Season | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
| 2012 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 60.00% |
| Home | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 71.43% |
| Away | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 50.00% |
| Overall | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 60.00% |

### Hat-tricks

| No. | Player | Opposition | Result | Season | Venue | Report |
| 1 | Gurjinder Singh$^4$ | Karnataka Lions | 6 – 1 | 2012 | Chandigarh – Sector 42 Stadium | 29 March 2012 |
    $^4$ Player scored 4 goals