Champions One-Day Cup - Afridi, Rizwan, Shadab, Shakeel and Haris named captains

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Every of the 5 aspects on the Champions One-Day Cup – Pakistan’s more moderen, flashier model of the home 50-over pageant – will probably be captained via Pakistan internationals. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Haris had been introduced as captains of the aspect they constitute, taking fee of the Lions, Wolves, Panthers, Dolphins and Stallions respectively.

Haris’ captaincy of the Stallions – selected via the staff’s mentor Shoaib Malik – seems to mark a exceptional – and unexpected – go back to favour with the PCB. He final performed ODI cricket a yr in the past, and was once disregarded of Pakistan’s Global Cup squad. He additionally misplaced his position within the T20 aspect, the layout maximum conducive to his skillset, all the way through Wahab Riaz’s stint as leader selector. Now, alternatively, he captains a staff that still contains Babar Azam, Pakistan’s white-ball captain, in addition to Haris’ captain at Peshawar Zalmi, the place the 2 play on the PSL.

In contrast to earlier iterations of the event, the PCB has pulled out the entire stops to verify most participation of Pakistan’s highest-profile avid gamers. There is not any global cricket for Pakistan which coincides with the contest, with on the subject of each and every are compatible centrally shrunk participant participating.

Right through the mentors’ unveiling press meetings, Misbah-ul-Haq, mentor of the Wolves, mentioned any not worthy avid gamers could be excluded from the contest. The PCB has supplied a listing of avid gamers who didn’t make the lower on that account, together with former Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan.

All video games will happen in Faisalabad, with the event working from September 12-29 with playoffs reasonably than semi-finals. The event concludes 8 days prior to the beginning of the primary Check between Pakistan and England.

Every aspect has introduced prolonged squad lists, that are to be trimmed via September 10. The edges shouldn’t have affiliated town names, although every title does have historic hyperlinks to earlier home cup aspects: Lahore for Lions, Karachi for Dolphins, Peshawar for Panthers, Faisalabad for Wolves and, possibly maximum famously, Sialkot for Stallions.

Sarfaraz Ahmed is the one player-mentor, running in that position with the Dolphins. Misbah (Wolves), Malik (Stallions), Saqlain Mushtaq (Panthers) and Waqar Younis (Lions) are the opposite mentors.

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