Pakistan play Bangladesh on June 29

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]




DHAKA: Pakistan football team will play first leg of World Cup pre-qualifier of Asia against Bangladesh in their away match here at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.

The second leg will be held at Lahore in Pakistan on July 3.

Pakistan coach Tareq Lutfi anticipates a competitive game between the teams. "Bangladesh, as an opposition, is strong indeed. There is no chance of underestimating them. But we have come here for a win. Our target is to reach the next round. We are hopeful on winning," he said.

Pakistan's 20-member squad has four foreign players, who are Pakistani by birth. Among them three are from Britain and other is a citizen of Australia. They are Atif Boshir, Jishan Rahman, Adnan Farukh (Britain) & Ahmed Akbar Khan (Australia).

Squad: Zafer Khan (captain), Jahangir Khan, Shamer Ishaq, Alamgir Khan, Kamran Khan, M Ahmed, Atif Boshir,Jishan Rahman, Faisal Iqbal (v.captain), Monjur Ahmed, Arif Hossain, Khalemullah, Mahmud Khan, Hossain Abbas, Ahmed Akbar Khan, Arif Mahmud, M Kashim, M Ikram, M Russell & Adnan Farukh.