The national hockey team trials for the Pro Hockey League will be held on May 19 and 20, reported the 24NewsHD TV channel on Sunday.
The final team will be announced after two-day trials at the National Hockey Stadium. The selection committee headed by Olympian Samiullah Khan will oversee the trials.
As many as 35 players are currently training in the camp. The players participating in the camp include Muneeb-ur-Rehman, Ali Raza, Faizan Janjua and Waqar Younis as goalkeepers.
The full-backs and half-backs include Sufyan Khan, Muhammad Abdullah, Arshad Liaquat, Imad Shakeel Butt, Moin Shakeel, Hammad Anjum, Nadeem Khan, Ali Hamza, Omar Mustafa, Abu Bakr, Abdul Manan, Arbaaz, Muhammad Ahsan Nadeem, Muhammad Imad and Rana Waleed.
The forwards include Ahmed Nadeem, Ghazanfar, Afraz Khan, Zakaria Hayat, Rana Waheed, Abdul Rehman, Hanan Shahid, Adeel Latif, Basharat Ali, Ali Murtaza, Umair Sattar, Bilal, Abuzar, Abdullah Yousuf, Hamza Fayyaz and Abdul Wahab are included.
The final team will be announced after the trials. In the third and fourth stages of the Pro League, the national team has to play matches against Belgium, Spain, England and India.
Reporter: Hafiz Shahbaz Ali