Without goalkeeper Kumar, Malaysia bank on two rookies in Ipoh


National hockey goalkeepers Mohd Hazrul Faiz Ahmad Sobri (left) and Mohd Hafizuddin Othman (right).

KUALA LUMPUR: For the first time in more than a decade, the national hockey team will have no proven goalkeeper to bank on.

Instead, all they have to man the post are two rookies – Mohd Hafizuddin Othman and Hairi Abdul Rahman.

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