FIH Hockey Series Open 2018: In Lahore 17-22 Dec.; Team Announced

PAKISTAN: Chief selector Islahuddin Siddique has announced the 18 member  Pakistan team for friendly matches to played during the Hockey Series Open scheduled from December 17-22 at the National Hockey Stadium, Lahore.

The Hockey Series Open is an FIH event and the four nations competing here are Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Nepal.

Since, Pakistan has been selected for the FIH Pro League, the high profile new event starting from early 2019, the Pakistan side here is not the national side and it will enter as the President XI. Importantly, the matches played by the President XI against the other sides will only be considered friendly games and will not carry any points towards the event.

The other four sides will be competing against each other in real terms.

President XI:

Goal Keepers: Muneebur Rehman & Hafiz Umair

Defenders: Abid Bhatti, M.Ammar, Samiullah & Mubashar Jibran

Midfielders: Usman Ghani, Mohibullah, Ali Raza (Gojra) & Asif Hanif

Forwards: Zaheer Hussain, Abdul Mannan, Murtaza Yaqoob, Awaisur Rehman (Captain), Qamar

                 Bhukhari, Arsalan Haider, Zulqarnain & Mohsin Khan

The following officials for the President XI.

Manager: Shahid Parvez Bhandara

Coaches: Kashif Jawad & Muhammad Shabbir

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