Some interesting facts emerge on the team composition of Hangzhou teams who are in search of the Asian supremacy. However, numbers do not support every team’s preparedness and competition worthiness. Top teams, for an instant, except Pakistan of course, rely on continuity of players. Other teams have almost raw teams. India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea teams have 6-8 players who played in the Jakarta edition four years ago. However, Pakistan’s captain Umar Bhutta is the loner in the team from the one that did duty at Jakarta. May be they believe in fresh legs, while other top contenders lay their hopes on continuity for consistent results.
Athletic Manpreet Singh
Some more facts about the Hangzhou teams.
Most capped players in HANGZHOU
Manpreet Singh (Ind): 343
Jang Junghyun (SK): 322
Razie Rahim (Mal): 320
PR Sreejesh (Ind): 302
Lee Nam Yong (SK): 301
Most capped player of each Country
INDIA: Manpreet Singh (Ind): 343
SOUTH KOREA: Jang Junghyun (SK): 322
MALAYSIA: Razie Rahim (Mal): 320
JAPAN: Manabu Yamashita: 207
PAKISTAN: Umar Bhutta: 205
CHINA: Ao Weibao: 116
OMAN: Al-Saadi Salah 128
BANGLADESH: Rasel Mahmud 136
SINGAPORE: Enrico Marican
THAILAND: Salakorn 55
INDONESIA: 3 players each 31
UZBEKISTAN: Ruslan Satlikov 28
No of Players from previous Asian Games
INDIA: 9
SOUTH KOREA: 8
MALAYSIA: 7
JAPAN: 8
PAKISTAN: 1
OMAN: 5
BANGLADESH: 9
THAILAND: 6
INDONESIA: 5
UZBEKISTAN: Did not particpate
CHINA: Did not participate
SINGAPORE: Did not participate
Collective caps
INDIA: 2390
SOUTH KOREA: 1925
MALAYSIA: 2175
JAPAN: 1428
PAKISTAN: 522
OMAN: 706
BANGLADESH: 792
THAILAND: 406
INDONESIA: 289
UZBEKISTAN: Did not participate
CHINA: 409
SINGAPORE: 430