Pakistan to meet India in opener

Published November 22, 2005

LAHORE, Nov 21: Pakistan hockey team will meet India in the opening match of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne on March 17 next year. Pakistan, in Pool ‘B’, will play the second match against South Africa on March 19, and the third against Trinidad and Tobago on March 21.

They will lock horns with Malaysia on March 22 in the last pool match. The classification matches will be played on March 24 and the final on March 26.

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