Pakistan names squad for FIH Champions Trophy

Author: Staff Report

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Tuesday named an 18-member national squad that will take part in the 37th edition of the FIH Champions Trophy to be played from June 23 in Breda, Holland. “The PHF had sent 22 players on June 3 to Holland for the last phase of the training. And after assessing the players’ form and fitness, the management has dropped four players,” said a spokesman for the PHF. He said the dropped players included Mazhar Abbas (goal-keeper), Mohammad Rizwan Jr, Rana Sohail and Mohammad Dilber. The Champions Trophy is the last edition as the International Hockey Federation has scrapped the event.

Squad:

Mohammad Rizwan Sr.(Captain), Imran Butt, Amjad Ali, Mohammad Irfan Sr., Mubashir Ali, Aleem Bilal, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Touseeq Arshad, Rashid Mahmood, Tasawar Abbas, Abu Bakar, Mohammad Irfan Jr., Arslan Qadir, Umar Bhutta, Shafqat Rasool, Ali Shan, Azfar Yaqoob and Aijaz Ahmed.

Officials: Hasan Sardar (manager), Roelant Oeltmans (head coach), Mohammad Saqlain and Rehan Butt (assistant coaches).

Published in Daily Times, June 20^th 2018.