| Pakistan is a country which loves aggressive sports. | | | | Singapore. He finally managed to find a spot in the |
| Field hockey is the national game of Pakistan and the | | | | team in the year 1997 only to be dropped again. |
| Pakistani players whether old or new all played the | | | | 1998 changed fortunes for both Sohail Abbas and the |
| game keeping their country in mind. Aggressive | | | | Pakistan national team. This player got his big break in |
| games were played with only one single goal and that | | | | 1998 and since then he hasn't looked back. In his first |
| was to see the Pakistan hockey team right at the | | | | year he scored 20 goals and helped Pakistan win the |
| top. | | | | Azlan Shah cup. He was also a vital instrument in the |
| Sohail Abbas is a drag flicker of the Pakistan team | | | | silver medal win at the Asia cup the same year. |
| and is even called the world's best penalty corner | | | | This former Pakistan field hockey player has many |
| specialist. His passion for hockey started at a very | | | | records in his belt. He is a member of a very elite |
| young age. He was born into a family where sports | | | | squad of hockey players. Only nine players are there |
| were running in their blood. His father was a cricketer | | | | on this list. He joins this squad after scoring a double |
| and so sports was a vital part of his life. His uncle | | | | hat-trick. Another record that he holds is for the |
| Safdar Abbas was a hockey player who scored a | | | | number of goals scored by a single player in a |
| vital goal against Argentina in the 1973 world cup. | | | | calendar year. In 1999 he scored 60 goals and broke |
| Safdar was only 16 years old and he became Sohail's | | | | the records of former Pakistan captain Hassan Sardar |
| inspiration and sport icon. | | | | and international player Paul Litjens. |
| Sohail was educated in Habib Public school In Karachi. | | | | Another record that he shattered that was held by |
| This is a school which has been known for producing | | | | Dutch player Paul Litjens for over 22 years was the |
| many great Pakistani hockey players as Hockey is | | | | number of goals scored by a penalty specialist. The |
| taught as a subject here. Sohail was a penalty | | | | 274 goals scored by Sohail Abbas are by far the |
| specialist and played for the Under 18 Pakistan | | | | highest number of goals scored by a penalty |
| hockey squad. | | | | specialist. |
| His entry into the Pakistan hockey team has been a | | | | His entry and exit from the team in his early career |
| very dramatic one. He was taken into the junior | | | | was in plenty but his focus and aggression got him a |
| squad after a great performance in the 1995 Quetta | | | | place back on the team. This very same focus |
| Junior hokey U18 championship. After that he was | | | | aggression and skill made him the world's best penalty |
| dropped and made it back to the team when the | | | | specialist and gave him his permanent seat in the |
| played the third junior Asia cup hockey tournament in | | | | history of Pakistani hockey. |