MUSCAT – Pakistan defeated Oman in the first match of the Tri-Nation Hockey Tournament Hockey Tournament at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (SQSC) here on Wednesday.
The match began at 7:00pm PST.
Ali Shan (13th minute), Ajaz Ahmad (21st minute) and Shafqat Rasool (45th minute) scored for Pakistan.
Pakistan is a four-time World Cup winners and ranked No 13 in the world. World No 16 Japan is the other team taking part in the event that concludes on February 20.
The three teams will play a double round-robin league with the top two teams advancing to the final.
2018 OMAN TRIANGULAR SERIES
Full Time Pak vs Oman 3-0
Match Details: https://t.co/x6iLt00Rde
13” Ali SHAN
21” Ajaz Ahmad
45” Shafqat RASOOL @OHA_omanhockey @asia_hockey pic.twitter.com/PzG5aWiLbe— PHF (@PHFOfficial) February 14, 2018
Pakistan Squad
Rizwan Senior (C), Arsalan Qadir (VC), Mubashir Ali, Muhammad Rizwan Junior, Taswwar Abbas, Abu Bakar Mehmood, Fareed Ahmed, Touseeq Arshad, Umer Bhutta,Shafqat Rasool, Amjad Ali, Faisal Qadir, Ammad Butt, Azfar Yaqoob, Aijaz Ahmed, Ali Shan, Atiq Arshad Sajeeh, Tanzeem ul Hassan, Muhammad Atif Mushtaq, goalkeepers Imran Butt and Amjad Ali.
Standby players: Aleem Bilal, Junaid Kamal, Samiullah, Khizar Akhtar and Mazhar Abbas.
