Mumbai: Eight players including three former captains from Pakistan, have signed up for the World Series Hockey (WSH) to be held across eight Indian cities from December 15, 2011 to January 22, 2012.
The rest of seven players, which also include two other ex-skippers, are defender Zeeshan Ashraf, seasoned campaigner Mudassar Ali, Tariq Aziz, midfielder Adnan Maqsood, half back Waseem Ahmad, Pakistan’s most capped player and drag-flicker Syed Imran Warsi and legendary striker Shakeel Abbasi, a media release from WSH said.
These eight players share over 1600 international matches amongst themselves.
“I am honoured to be a captain of one of the teams. World Series Hockey will see a face off between the best international and Indian players and I am proud to be a part of this prestigious and highly anticipated event,” Butt, who will be leading one of the eight city-based franchise outfits, said.
The cash-rich league, a joint venture of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) and Nimbus Sport, has signed top international players from Australia, Argentina, Spain, Canada, Ireland, Malaysia, New Zealand and South Korea.
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