S Shiva Kumar will lead the Telangana Hockey senior team in the16th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship to be held in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, from October 10 to 21, 2026.
The team: 1. Vikas Gaur, 2. R.Karthik Reddy, 3. Suman Beck, 4. Shaik Abdul Moiz, 5. S Shiva Kumar (captain), 6. Arjun Yadav, 7. Mohd Affan Khan, 8. Aiyappa PR, 9. Rohit Singh, 10. P Surya Prakash, 11. K Yeshwanth, 12. P Neeraj Kumar, 13. E Sandeep, 14. T Sandeep, 15. T Akshay, 16. V Ram Kumar, 17. K Pradeep, 18. V Narasimha Nayak.
Stand-by: 1. Arham Ansari, 2. S Shashank, 3. R Dinesh, 4. K Ratnaker.
Chief coach: Abdul Aleem. Asst coach: Gunti Sailesh. Team manager: Hussain Khan Mohd.
