JALANDHAR (India), Oct 3: Three Pakistan club teams will be the main attraction in the Indian Surjit Silver Jubilee hockey tournament to be played under floodlights at the Surjit Astro-turf hockey stadium here from Oct 18 to 25.

According to organising secretary Iqbal Singh Sandhu, three Pakistan teams — Javed Hockey Club, Gojra; Crescent Hockey Club, Sialkot and Independent Hockey Club, Sargodha — have confirmed their participation in the event, to play directly from the quarter-final stage. The teams have been recommended by Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF), he said.

Some of the teams in the event are: last year’s champions Indian Oil, Mumbai; Punjab & Sind Bank, Delhi; Namdhari XI, Sirsa; Border Security Force, Jalandhar; Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala & Bharat Petroleum.—PPI