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Champions Challenge-I : Pakistan hockey team off to Argentina

Staff Report

LAHORE: An 18-member Pakistan squad, led by Zeeshan Ashraf, left here on Monday for Argentina to participate in the Champions Challenge-I Hockey Tournament to be held in the Argentinean city of Salta from December 6 to 13. The competition will be participated by eight teams divided into two pools. Pool A comprises of Belgium, China, India and New Zealand while Pakistan, hosts Argentina, South Africa and Canada are in Pool B. The national outfit have two new faces in Umar Bhutta and Mohammad Rizwan who have replaced forwards Shafqat Rasool and Abbas Haider. Before departure, coach Shahid Ali Khan and captain Zeeshan Ashraf told reporters that they were hopeful of winning the tournament and qualifying for the elite six-nation Champions Trophy. They added that all boys were full of spirit.

Squad:

Salman Akbar and Nasir Ahmad (goalkeepers), Zeeshan Ashraf (captain), Sohail Abbas and Muhammad Imran (full-backs), Waseem Ahmad, Sajjad Anwar, Fareed Ahmad, Muhammad Irfan and Muhammad Rashid (Halve-backs), Shakeel Abbasi, Muhammad Zubair, Muhammad Zubair, Rehan Butt, Abdul Haseem Khan, Akhtar Ali, Omar Bhutta and Mohammad Rizwan (Forwards).

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