Amid reports that multimillion dollar World Series Hockey could be postponed, two Pakistan players - full back Zeeshan Ashraf and half back Adnan Maqsood - arrived Saturday in Bangalore to join the camp of their franchise outfit, Karnataka Lions, Press Trust of India PTI reported. Pakistan duo is to begin preparations through a high-intensity camp being conducted for all members of team.
Camp has been specially designed by coaches keeping in mind individual skill sets that can be synced with team strategy, a media release from WSH said. Zeeshan and Adnan said they were happy to be in India for eight-team WSH, which is scheduled from December 17 to January 22, 2012.
"I'm delighted to be in India for WSH. It's a great initiative for our sport and it's going to be fun to play with mix of international superstars and Indian players. Training camp will help us greatly in coming up with a winning strategy for the team," Adnan said.
"It's great to be back in India. We have a strong team and will be looking use training camp to bond with each other. I can't wait to get started," added Zeeshan. The tournament, a joint initiative by Indian Hockey Federation & Nimbus Sport, has been under a cloud after a dozen Indian players pulled out of the event as it clashed with proposed national camp for Pre-Olympic qualifiers. Pre-Olympic qualifiers are to be held in Delhi's Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium from February 18- 26. India needs to win the tournament to re-enter Olympic hockey fold.
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