LAHORE, Dec 6: Some 31 probables have been directed to report to the national junior hockey camp (starting Dec 24) from where a final team for the eight-nation event to be held in Kuala Lumpur from Jan 17 to 27 will be picked.

Probables:

PIA: Imran Butt, Imran Abbas, Adnan Javaid, Zaheer Ahmed, Mohammad Irfan, Shafqat Rasool, Mohammad Zubair, Hasan Akhtar, Inayat Ullah, Kashif Ali and Aamir Shehzad.

PUNJAB: Naveed Naseer and Mohammad Khalid.

NBP: Mohammad Atiq, Abdul Haseem Khan, Mohammad Taufeeq, Mohammad Khurram and Kashif Javaid.

STEEL MILLS: Mohammad Imran and Imran Malik.

HBL: Zeeshan Ali, Khurram Shehzad, Shuja-ur-Rehman, Syed Adeel Hussain, Azlan Khan, Nasir Shehzad and Imran Shah.

ARMY: Rizwan.

KESC: Farhan Karamat.

PORT QASIM: Fareed Ahmed.

CUSTOMS: Usman Tariq.

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