Rated among the world’s best drag-flick exponents, Abbas has scored the most international goals in the history of hockey. He has scored 349 goals. The exciting 19-year-old forward Ali Shan, who was among the final 20 probables for the Olympic Games, joins 13 players from the Pakistan squad that finished seventh in the London Games earlier this year.

“We are delighted that the cream of Pakistan’s Olympic Games squad has made itself available to play in the Hockey India League,” Hockey India secretary-general and chairman Narinder Batra said.