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HOCKEY - Int News 03 Dec, 2021

Pakistan to meet India on December 17 in Asian Hockey fixture
Pakistan to meet India on December 17 in Asian Hockey fixture

Abdul Jabbar Faisal

ISLAMABAD (December 3, 2021):-Pakistan will meet India on December 17, 2021 in the Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy (AMHCT), as the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) announced a 20-member national hockey squad on Friday. Asian Men’s Hockey Champions Trophy is scheduled to be rolled off from December 14, at Dhaka, Bangladesh.

According to an official of PHF, Mohammad Umar Bhatta will lead the Pakistan team while Ali Shan will be his deputy during the 9-day international hockey showpiece. Besides Pakistan, India, Republic of Korea, Japan, Malaysia and the hosts Bangladesh team will fight for top honour. Green Shirts will face Japan in their first match of the championship on December 14, 2021.

Names of selected players:

Waqar (Wapda), Abdullah Ishtiaq (Mari Petroleum), Fullbacks: Mubashir Ali (Wapda), Ammad Shakeel Butt (National Bank), Tazeem ul Hassan (Mari Petroleum), Mohammad Abdullah (Mari Petroleum), Aqeel Ahmed (Mari Petroleum) Halfbacks: Abu Bakar Mahmood (National Bank), Moin Shakeel (WAPDA), Hamad-ud-Din Anjum (WAPDA), Ghazanfar Ali (Mari Petroleum, Azfar Yaqoob (Sui Southern Gas)) Forwards: Mohammad Umar Bhatta (WAPDA), Ali Shan (Sui Southern Gas), Ejaz Ahmed (WAPDA), Rana Waheed (WAPDA), Junaid Manzoor (National Bank), Afraz (Mari Petroleum), Ahmed Nadeem (Mari Petroleum) and Mohammad Salman Razzaq (WAPDA).

Olympian Khawaja Junaid will perform the duties of head coach while other two coaches including Olympian Syed Sameer Hussain (PAF), Ajmal Khan Lodhi (Sialkot) will be assistants. Nadeem Khan Lodhi (Sialkot) and Dr Syed Asad Abbas will be other team officials.

Schedule:

December 14, 2021

India Vs Korea

Malaysia Vs Bangladesh

Pakistan Vs Japan

December 15, 2021

India Vs Bangladesh

Pakistan Vs Malaysia

Japan Vs Korea

December 17, 2021

Bangladesh Vs Korea

Japan Vs Malaysia

Pakistan Vs India

December 18, 2021

Japan Vs Bangladesh

Malaysia Vs India

Pakistan Vs Korea

December 19, 2021

India Vs Japan

Malaysia Vs Korea

Pakistan Vs Bangladesh

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