Goal-keeper Mazhar Abbas has been named to lead an 18-member Pakistan junior hockey team in the second Sultan Johar Bahru International Hockey Tournament being held in Johar Bahru (Malaysia) from November 11 to 18. Team was picked by the management in consultation with Olympian Tahir Zaman and was named by Manager-cum-Chief Coach Rana Mujahid Ali at Hockey Club of Pakistan on Monday. Other members of the team management included Danish Kaleem, and Anjum Saeed.
A 24-member Pakistan squad is due to leave for Malaysia via Bangkok on Tuesday night to take part in the six-nation event. This is for the first time when team was selected by the team management after abolishment of the selection committee by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) Executive Board. Besides Pakistan, Australia, Germany, India, New Zealand and holders and hosts Malaysia are taking part in the 8-day competition.
Participation of the team of is in the build-up for next year's Junior World Cup being held in New Delhi in November 2013. "This is not the best team as five members of the junior team are picked in the senior team for the Champions Trophy training camp," Rana Mujahid said. "In presence of top teams it will be challenging event for us. We hope that it will be great exposure for the boys," former Olympian, said.
"We have selected the best possible outfit and hoping that they deliver their best in the event," he added.
Pakistan hockey squad: Goalkeepers: Mazhar Abbas (Captain), Amjad Ali. Full-backs: Khalid Bhatti, Aleem Bilal, Kashif Javed, Half backs: Tasawar Abbas, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Faisal Qadir, Muhammad Bilal Khan. Forward: M.Irfan (Vice Captain), Hafiz Umar Sardar. Muhammad Dilber, Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Suleman, Arsalan Qadir, Asad Bashir, Muhammad Jaffar, Muhammad Saleem. Officials: Rana Mujahid Ali (Manager-cum Chief Coach), Tahir Zaman (Consultant), Danish Kaleem, Anjum Saeed, Abuzar Umrao, Dr Asad Abbas
Schedule of Pakistan matches:
November 11 vs New Zealand
November 12 vs Australia
November 13 Rest Day
November 14 vs India
November 15: vs Malaysia
November 16: Rest Day
November 17: vs Germany
November 18: final & classification matches.
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