The Pakistan hockey group has reached India through the Wagah-Attari border to take part within the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy Hockey, set to start on Thursday.
Organized yearly by the Asian Hockey Federation since 2011, the Males’s Asian Champions Trophy options the highest six discipline hockey groups from Asia, who compete in a round-robin format.
The match is very anticipated, and followers are wanting ahead to witnessing intense competitors amongst Asia’s most interesting hockey groups throughout this 12 months’s occasion.
Muhammad Saqlain, coach of the Pakistan Hockey group mentioned, “The team is traveling to Chennai to play in the Asian Champions Trophy and teams from all over Asia will feature in the tournament. Through sports, we hope to build our relationship stronger.”
“I believe that through the sports and film industry, our bounds will grow stronger with India. People from both countries have big hearts and treat their guests well,” he mentioned.
The captain of the Pakistan Hockey group, Muhammad Umar Bhutta mentioned, “The team will be playing in the Asian Champions Trophy. The tournament will be held from August 3 till August 12.”
“Sport is a good thing, it helps to build your relationship with others. There should be a lot of sports,” he mentioned.
Notably, India and Pakistan have been essentially the most profitable groups within the match’s historical past. Pakistan has secured three titles, profitable in 2012 and 2013, and sharing the trophy with India in 2018. Then again, India claimed the inaugural title in 2011, and in addition emerged victorious in 2016 and shared the title with Pakistan in 2018. Within the 2021 version, South Korea was the profitable group.
