ISLAMABAD:Omar Bhatta would lead the national hockey team in the Asian Champions Trophy to be played from December 14 to 22 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) while announcing the team said Bhatta would lead the team while Ali Shan will be his deputy, said a press release issued here.
The 20-member squad includes Goalkeepers: Waqar (Wapda), Abdullah Ishtiaq (Mari Petroleum), Fullbacks: Mubashir Ali (Wapda), Ammad Shakeel Butt (National Bank), Tazeem ul Hassan (Mari Petroleum), Muhammad Abdullah (Mari Petroleum), Aqeel Ahmed (Mari Petroleum) Halfbacks: Abu Bakar Mahmood (National Bank), Moin Shakeel (Wapda), Hamad-ud-Din Anjum (Wapda), Ghazanfar Ali (Mari Petroleum, Azfar Yaqoob (Sui Southern Gas)) Forwards: Omar Bhatta (Wapda), Ali Shan (Sui) Southern Gas), Ejaz Ahmed (Wapda), Rana Waheed (Wapda), Junaid Manzoor (National Bank), Afraz (Mari Petroleum), Ahmed Nadeem (Mari Petroleum) and M Salman Razzaq (Wapda).
The head coach of the team would be Olympian Khawaja Junaid while coaches include Olympian Syed Sameer Hussain (PAF), Ajmal Khan Lodhi (Sialkot), Video Analyst Nadeem Khan Lodhi (Sialkot) and team doctor will be Dr Syed Asad Abbas.