The junior hockey team left for Salalah in Oman via Muscat to participate in the Junior Asia Cup.

The junior hockey team left for Salalah in Oman via Muscat to participate in the Junior Asia Cup. Pakistan Hockey Federation President Brigadier (R) Khalid Sajjad Khokhar expressed good wishes for the players.

The National junior hockey team consists of 18 members. While six players have been kept in standby. Along with the team, manager and chief coach Olympian Hanif Khan, team consultant Roelment Altmans, coaching coach Olympian Zeeshan Ashraf, assistant coach Asif Ahmed Khan, video analyst Syed Ali Abbas, physiotherapist Waqas Mahmood, in addition to the 18-member junior team, Ali Raza, Muhammad Faizan. Janjua, Mohammad Abdullah (Captain), Aqeel Ahmed, Arbaaz Ahmed, Ehtisham Aslam, Mohammad Sufyan Khan, Arbaaz Ayaz, Mohammad Murtaza Yaqub, Arshad Liaquat, Ali Murtaza, Zakaria Hayat, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Qayyum Dogar, Abdul Hanan Shahid (Vice Captain), Abdul Wahab, Basharete Ali, Bilal Akram are included. While the standby includes Bilal Khan (goalkeeper), Muhammad Bilal Aslam, Muhammad Baqir, Muhammad Nadeem Khan, Muhammad Adnan and Waqar Ali.

The Junior Asia Hockey Cup will be played from May 23 to June 1 in Salalah, Oman. The teams involved in the Junior Asia Hockey Cup have been divided into two pools. Pool A includes Pakistan, India, Japan, Thailand, Chinese Thailand, while Pool B includes Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan. Pakistan will play its first match against Chinese Taipei on May 23, Thailand on May 24, India on May 27 and Japan on May 29.