Malaysia has finally released their call-up list for the joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualification, a week after Indonesia has done theirs. Cheng Hoe has named a bigger than usual squad with an eye to give an opportunity to players to stake a claim for places in the final 23-man squad.
Only 18 of the 23 players that were in the squad that defeated Timor Leste in the Preliminary Round One were retained as the national team head coach looks to improves the squad with players who have performed well in the domestic schedule in recent weeks.