Olympian Devindar Walmiki, 32, who is leading  the Maharashtra team at the 14th Hockey India Senior Men’s National Championship that got underway at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium in Chennai on Monday, is confident of a historic podium finish. 

Thirty-one teams have been divided into eight pools with each pool topper qualifying for the quarters (Nov 13), followed by the semis (Nov 15) and final (Nov 16). 
Maharashtra are in Pool G alongside Hockey Jharkhand, Goans Hockey and Hockey Gujarat while defending champions Hockey Punjab are in Pool A and last year’s runner-up Haryana in Pool B.