Nausher, Brojen for second leg

Both Nausher and Brojen were members of the Indian team that participated in the recent five-nation international hockey tournament at Cairo.

The decision was taken after getting clearance from IHF president KPS Gill who witnessed the final between India and Egypt on February 9. 8220;The IHF president, who returned to Delhi today, gave me and coach Baskaran the clearance to decide on the team,8221; said Jothikumaran.

Team: Jagdish Ponnappa IA, BC Poonacha, Dilip Tirkey, Lazarus Barla both IA, Anil Aldrin captain, A-I, Baljit Saini PSB, Mohammed Riaz IA, ThirumalvalavanTN, Shanmugam Kar, Nausher Singh PSB, SS Gill, Ravinder Singh IA Gagan Ajit Singh, Rajesh Chauhan both A-I, Baljit Singh Dhillon Punjab Police, Kamal Horo Ser, Brojen Singh IA, Gurusewak Singh.

The second leg will have matches hosted at the following venues: Lahore February 16 and 24, Karachi February 18, Peshawar February 20 and Rawalpindi February 22. Pakistan lead the nine-Test series 3-1.

MEET CANCELLED: The six-nation tournament to be held at Dubai from March 6 to 12 has been cancelled, according to Indian Hockey Federation secretary, K Jothikumaran.

8220;The International Hockey Federation FIH has informed that the organisers of the tourney had expressed inability to conduct the tournament due to domestic reasons,8221; Jothikumaran said.

India, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia, Germany and Australia were the countries taking part in the tournament.