LAHORE, Oct 14: The Pakistan Hockey Federation has invited 41 players to attend a training camp to finalise the national team to take part in the Junior World Cup to be held in New Delhi from Dec 6 to 15.

The camp begins at Naseer Bunda Stadium, Islamabad from Oct 20.

The probables will report to head coach Manzoor-ul-Hasan.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Mazhar Abbas, Amin Yousuf, Adnan Shakoor, Amjad Ali, Ali Haider, Talal Khalid.

Full-backs: Mushtaq, Zohaib Ashraf, Aleem Bilal, Hafiz Ammar Tayyab, Asad Aziz, Waseem Abbas, Ali Mansoor.

Half-backs: M. Kashif Javed, Tasawwar Abbas, Ali Hassan Faraz, Kamran Asif, Nayyar, Adnan, M. Sohaib, Usman Tanveer.

Forwards: M. Irfan, M. Umair, Adnan Anwar, Mohsin Sabir, Ayub Ali, Ahmed Zubair, Ali Shan, Abdul Qayyum Dogar, Mohammad Rizwan, Rizwan, Owais, Abdul Khaliq, Waseem Aslam, Abdul Kareem Khan, Fahadullah Khan, Akbar Ali, Sabir Ali, Hammad, Asif Ali, Mohammad Asad Bashir.—Sports Reporter

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