Pakistan's penalty-corner specialist Sohail Abbas. -Photo by AFP

LAHORE: Penalty-corner specialist Sohail Abbas is amongst the 25 probables that have been invited by the Pakistan Hockey Federation’s (PHF) to attend the second phase of the team’s training camp for the 21st Sultan Azlan Shah Cup which will be held in the Malaysian city of Ipoh from May 24 to June 3.

Sohail Abbas, who could not attend the last session of the training camp due to fitness issues, is likely to be fit for the camp this time around which will be held at Naseer Bunda Hockey Stadium in Islamabad from May 5.

The trials to select the final team for the tournament will be held on May 12.

Probables:

Imran Butt, Imran Shah, Sohail Abbas, Ihsan Ullah, M. Irfan, Aamir Shahzad, Fareed Ahmed, Rashid Mehmood, Waqas Sharif, Abdul Haseem Khan, M. Rizwan Senior, M. Zubair, Shafqat Rasool, Shabbir Ahmed Khan, Salim Nazim, M. Nawaz, Bilal Qadir, Arslan Qadir, Sultan Amir, Usman Aslam, Abdul Zohaib Khan, Muzammil Bhatti, Ammad Shakeel Butt, Ahmed Zubair and M. Bilal Khan.

Officials:

Manager/Head Coach: Akhtar Rasool Chaudhary; Coaches: Khawaja Junaid, Shahid Ali Khan, Ajmal Khan Lodhi; Physio: Faiz-ur-Rehman: Video analyst: Nadeem Khan Lodhi.

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