LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Wednesday announced the Pakistan Whites team to play a three-match series against the senior national team in various cities from May 11.

“The [Whites] team comprises talented upcoming players who have the potential to get a place in the Pakistan senior team in due course of time,” said a PHF spokesman while talking to APP here.

He said the series will help in shortlisting players for further grooming.

The series will be played from May 11 in Lahore. The second match will be played on May 13 at Mardan and the third on May 16 at Okara.

PAKISTAN WHITES: Kashif Shah (captain), Waleed Akhtar, Munib-ur-Rahman, Mubashir Ali, Asad Aziz, Sohail Manzoor, Taimoor Malik, M Qasim, Ghazanfar Ali, Faizan Jonty, Shan Irshad, Awiasur Rahman, Khizar Akhtar, Rana Sohail Riaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Bilal Qadir, Kareem Khan, Saran bin Qamar, Zeeshan Bukhari, Salman Razzaq, Umar Hamdi and Nohaiz Malik.

Published in Dawn, May 11th, 2017