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LAHORE, Feb 12: A 25-member Indian Punjab kabaddi squad is scheduled to arrive in Lahore via Wagah Border on Friday to play a 10-match series against the Pakistani Punjab from Feb 14 to 28.
The squad comprises 20 players and five officials. The visitors will play matches at Lahore (Feb 14), Okara (Feb 15), Sahiwal (Feb 16), Vehari (Feb 17), Bahawalnagar (Feb 19), Rahimyar Khan (Feb 21), Multan (Feb 22), Kot Adu (Feb 24), Islamabad (Feb 26) and Faisalabad (Feb 28). All matches will start at 2pm according to a statement by the Punjab sports minister Naeemullah Khan Shahani on Thursday.
Teams:
Indian Punjab team: Harinder Singh, Karamjit Singh, Jasbir Singh, Harjit Singh Uppal, Harmandar Singh, Balwinder Singh, Mohommed Dilwar, Sohan Singh, Gagan Deep Singh, Parminder Singh Boparai, Harminder Singh, Davinder Singh, Jaswinder Singh, Satnam Singh, Jasdev Singh, Harminder Singh, Satnam Singh, Kulbir Singh, Balwinder Singh, Paramjit Singh Aujla. Manager: Joginder Pal Sharma. Coach: Avtar Singh. Technical advisor: Baljit Singh. Official Satbir Sharma. Advisor: Joginder Singh.
Pakistani Punjab team: Ghulam Abbas Butt (captain), Muhammad Ishfaq (vice-captain), Arshad Mehmood, Safdar Ali, Shafqat Ali, Abdul Jabbar, Manzoor Manu Baloch, Altaf Butt, Muhammad Afzal Butt, Muhammad Nawaz Naji, Imtiaz Alam, Mubashir Hussain, Aamir Ali, Amran Chandio, Muhammad Taj, Muhammad Shahid Janjua, Mumtaz Ahmed Butt, Khalid Javed, Murad Ali, Charaghul Hassan, Muhammad Shahid, Muhammad Akram Bala, Zahid Sharif, Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Arshad. Chief de mission: Ch Muhammad Ismail. Coach: Abdul Razzaq. Assistant coach: Umer Hayat Gill.
The minister said that Punjab Sports Board will make all arrangements for the matches.
