Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced 35 players for the Asia Cup Hockey Tournament.
The training camp will start from September 22 at Army Physical Fitness School, Abbottabad, while the Asia Cup will be played from January 21 to 30 in Dhaka next year.
Olympian Danish Kaleem will be the head coach, and Rana Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Mohammad Imran, Mudassar Ali Khan, and Zahid Afzal will be the assistant coaches. Muhammad Abid Amin will be the physical trainer and Abuzar Amaro, the video analyst.
Seven goalkeepers will be trained in Lahore under the supervision of Khawaja Muhammad Junaid and Nasir Ahmed. The 35 players include full-backs: Arbaaz Ahmed, Samiullah Khan, Usman Bashir, Muhammad Usman, Rehan Butt, and Ehtesham Aslam.
Halfbacks include Moin Shakeel, Aqeel Ahmed, Rizwan Ali, Osama, Asif Hanif, Mohibullah, Muhammad Abdullah, Hasnain Babar, Qaiser, Abdul Basit. Forwards include Roman Khan, Ghazanfar Ali, Hamad Anjum, Mohsin Khan, Zain Ejaz, Ali Aziz, Adeel Taif, Murtaza Yaqub, Mohammad Fahad, Afraz, Abdul Manan, Umair Sattar, Arshad Liaquat, Waqar Ali, Rana Waheed, Mohammad Bilawal, Taqi. Al-Hassan, Shazib Khan, and Hamad Ayaz will be included.
Goalkeepers trained in Lahore include Waqar Younis, Abdullah Ishtiaq, Akmal Hussain, Noman, Amjad Ali, Muneeb-ur-Rehman, and Sheikh Abdullah.
