ISLAMABAD, June 15: The Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) has selected four players for the national camp to be set up in preparation for this year’s World Team Championship in Vienna.

Out of 12 players invited only six could appear in the trials held at the Pakistan Sports Complex following which Farrukh Zaman, Khayal Muhammad, Majid Khan and Ijaz Azmat were chosen in that order.

The four would join Mansoor Zaman and Shahid Zaman, who had been given exemption from the trials, to raise the strength of the camp to six players.

Secretary of the PSF, Wing Commander Sajid Waheed said on Sunday that they would have a total of eight players in the camp which is due to start from Sunday.

“To pick an additional two players we will hold trials for those who lost or could not appear for fitness reasons.”

Sajid explained that intitailly 12 players had been asked to attend the trials for which only 10 had reported.

While Khalid Atlas and Muhammad Ilyas never turned up, Arshad Iqbal Burki (bad throat), Farhan Mahboob (diarrhoea), Yasir Butt (malaria) and Naveed Atlas (twisted ankle) could not compete.

“Because of this we had to hold trials between six players from among which Safeerullah Khan and Zubair Ali Khan finished fifth and sixth respectively.”

The selected players who will soon begin preparation for the World Team Championship being held in October, will also compete in major tournaments at home and abroad prior to the Vienna event.

The PSF also plans to hold a league for the eight players in the camp with matches being staged in different cities and will also put up cash as an incentive to them.