Ramadan feels blessed to be chosen for Asiad mission

Malaysia’s Muhammad Ramadan Rosli (right) with Singapore’s Nufail Raiyan Abu Bakar fight for the ball during final match men’s category at Morodok Hockey Pitch in conjunction of 2023 Sea Games at Cambodia. - FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: After failing to make the selection list for two Asian Games - Incheon 2014 and Jakarta-Palembang 2018 - national hockey player Ramadan Rosli was almost resigned to missing the boat again for this year’s edition in Hangzhou.

But the 32-year-old veteran could not believe his luck when he received a call from national coach A. Arulselvaraj that he would be boarding the flight to China this time.