LAHORE: Twenty-four probables have been invited to attend the national hockey camp as part of selecting the team for the Asia Cup, which will be held in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta from May 23 to June 1.

The training camp will run from May 9 to 18 at the National Hockey Stadium and the probables have been asked to report to camp-commandant Khawaja Junaid.

Head coach Seigfried Aikman is looking to remove the deficiencies shown by the players during their tour of Europe last month where Pakistan played five matches against Netherlands, Spain and Belgium.

Probables: Abdullah Ishtiaq. Akmal Hussain, Mubashir Ali, Emmad Shakil, Abubakar Mahmood, Mohammad Abdulah, Mohamamd Hammad Anjum, Arbaz Ahmad, Rizwan Ali, Abdul Manan, Umar Bhutta, Rana Abdul Waheed, Ghazanfar Ali, Mohammad Salman, Roman Khan, Moin Shakil, Ali Shan, Junaid Manzoor, Ijaz Ahmad, Abdul Hananj Shahid, Ahmad Nadeem, Nhaiz Zahid, Rana Sohail Riaz, Muneeb-ur-Rehman.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2022

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