29th BFA Asian Baseball Championship: PAK VS PHL | Today
Pakistan Baseball Team is all set to compete against Philippines in their opening match of BFA Asian Baseball Championship 2019 today in Taichung City of Chinese Taipei.
14th West Asia Baseball Cup runner ups, Pakistan Baseball Team is determined to seal the 2020 Olympic berth for which, the green shirts are set to feature in BFA Asian Baseball Championship 2019 where Pakistan will take on their counterparts from Philippines in their opening match today.
This international event is set to begin its proceedings from today and will continue till 20th October in Chinese Taipei.
Pakistan Federation Baseball (PFB) has fielded an 15 member squad that consists of one of the finest baseball players ever produced by Pakistan that are namely stated below:
Taimoor Javed, Ihtisham Ul Haq, Rizwan Ali, Alamgir Khan, Mohammad Majeed, Fazal Ur Rehman, Mohammad Zakir, Umair Imdad Bhatti, Sumair Zawar, Mohammad Jawad Khan, Mohammad Ehsan, Usman Ali, Atif Ahmed, Mohammad Afzaal and Ahsan Bilal.
While Haseeb Mohammad (Manager), Musaddiq Hanif (Head Coach) and Basit Murtaza (Coach) are accompanying the teams as their officials.
The world No. 24, Pakistan team qualified for 29th BFA Asian Championship, which also serves as an Olympic qualifier, after finishing second in the West Asia Baseball Cup that took place in Colombo in July this year.
This event is being organized by Baseball Federation of Asia that is featuring National teams of six Asian sides which include: China, Pakistan, Korea, Japan, Philippines, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka.
Pakistan has been grouped with China, Korea and Philippines in Pool B while Sri Lanka, Japan and Hong Kong are clubbed into Pool A. After Philippines Pakistan will then face Korea the next day.
