chennai chennaiyin fc the twotime champions are all set to kickstart their indian super league campaign later tonight against hyderabad fc after a dismal performance last season chennaiyin have revamped their squad with plenty of new faces toi gives you a lowdown on all the players who are part of the marina machans squadgoalkeepersvishal kaith rohru himachal pradeshvishal kaith hails from rohru a small village situated in himachal pradesh he went for volleyball trials where he decided to try his luck in football trials as well he got picked in football trials because of his height and physique which is a desired quality in any goalkeeper the passionate goalkeeper had once skipped tenth board exams to take part in the u16 trials however the trial didnt go as planned and he failed but a few years later he impressed the coaches during the u19 selections and was picked in the aiff elite academythe 25yearold footballers biggest strength is his reflexes and heis often called a sweeper keeper as he comes out of the line to stop opposition attacks and clear the long ballssome of the popular examples of sweeper keeper are german goalkeeper manuel neur who popularised the art during 2014 fifa world cupdebjit majumder west bengalborn in hindmotor west bengal debjit majumder is a 33yearold goalkeeper who plays for chennaiyin fc majumder started his career with uttarpara netaji brigade and later played for top indian clubs like east bengal and mohun bagan majumder also has a vast experience of playing in the isl which includes a title winning season with atk in 2016 in which he played a crucial role for the club playing for mohun bagan majumder won two ileague titles along with one federation cup in 2016 chennaiyin fc signed majumder on a multiyear contract that will see him donning the colors of marina machans from the upcoming seasonsamik mitra west bengalborn in west bengal samik mitra is a 20yearold goalkeeper who plays for chennaiyin fc after graduating from aiff elite academy he was signed for the chennaiyin fc reserve side in 2017 he was among the six aiff elite academy graduates which chennaiyin fc signed in before the 201718 season mitra was the firstchoice goalkeeper for chennaiyin fc b side as he went on to play 13 matches for them including three matches in asias oldest football tournament durand cup in 2018 he was sent on loan to indian arrows in the ileague where he played till 201920 season before returning to chennayin senior side mitra is yet to feature in a match for chennaiyinfc in the isl due to the abundance of goalkeeping talent that the club possesses but with the new head coach in charge mitra has an opportunity to impress with his skills and earn an isl debutdevansh dabas uttar pradeshdevansh dabas is a 20yearold goalkeeper from muzaffarnagar uttar pradesh who plays for chennaiyin fc devansh comes from a very humble background with football culture in his village devansh began the game just