– File photo

LAHORE: The Pakistan Rugby Union has announced its 7’s team which will participate in the HSBC series which will be held in the Indian city of Mumbai from Oct 13 to 14.

Umar Butt of the Lahore Rugby Club has been named captain with the team set to depart on Thursday for the event.

Squad: Umar Butt (captain), Javed, Jamshid, Tahir Rafi, Fiaz Doger, Khalid Mahmood, Imran Arshad, Ghalib Javed, Waqas Khalid, Usman Hassan, Zafar Iqbal, Umer Usman, Dawood Gill.

Reserves: Ayub Zafar, Nasir, M.Babar, Shoaib Javed, M.Basit, M. Mujahid.

Officials: Haji Anwar-ul-Haq Zafar (coach), Shakeel Ahmed (manager).—Sports Reporter

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