Pak Hockey Team Named For Asia Cup

Pakistan Hockey Federation on Thursday announced 18-member national team to feature in the 10th Hockey Asia Cup being played from October 11-22 in Dhaka Bangladesh

LAHORE, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Sep, 2017 ) : Pakistan Hockey Federation on Thursday announced 18-member national team to feature in the 10th Hockey Asia Cup being played from October 11-22 in Dhaka Bangladesh.

Mohammad Irfan is the captain of the team and Rizwan Senior is his deputy. The team was named following two day trails held at Karachi, said a spokesman of the PHF here. He said national selection committee and President PHF, Brig retd Khalid Sajjad Khokhar and Secretary Shahbaz Ahmad watched the trials.

The team, Mazhar Abbas (goal keeper), Amjad Ali (goal keeper), Muhammad Irfan (Captain), Atif Mushtaq, Mubashar Ali, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Abu Bakar Mahmood, Tasawwar Abbas, Rashid Mahmood, Rizwan Jr, Arslan Qadir, Azfar Yaqoob, Umar Bhutta, Rizwan Sr (Vice Captain0, Ali Shan, Muhammad Atiq, Waqas Akbar and Ajaz Ahmad Stand byes.

Junaid Kamal, Ali Hassan Faraz, Irfan Jr, Shan Irshad, Saleem Nazim, Qamar Bukhari, Khizar Akhtar, Shajeeh Ahmed & Hassan Anwar Team officials, Farhat Khan (Manager/Head Coach), Malik Shafqat (Coach) & Muhmmad Sarwar (Coach) Dr Atif Bashir (Team Doctor) Abuzar Umrao (Video Analyst).