Hockey squad for World Cup qualifiers named

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Hockey squad for World Cup qualifiers named

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16 October,2009 10:56 pm

Pakistan on Friday unveiled an 18-man squad for the hockey World Cup qualifiers.Zeshan Ashraf will remain the captain of the team and three other changes are made. Chief selector Hasan Sardar said the team has the capability to win the qualifying rounds. It is a talented bunch of players and I hope that the team wins the qualifying round to join the top teams in the World Cup next year, said Sardar, a member of Pakistan's World Cup winning team in 1982. Squad includes Zeeshan Ashraf (captain), Salman Akbar, Nasir Ahmed, Sohail Abbas, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Irfan, Waseem Ahmed, Sajjad Anwar, Fareed Ahmed, Mohammad Rashid, Rehan Butt, Shakil Abbasi, Haseem Khan, Abbas Haider, Akhtar Ali, Waqas Sharif, Shafqat Rasool and Mohammad Zubair.