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PCB to groom youth through Pakistan Cup

Each regional team would support a 16-member squad instead of 15. The additional person would be an U-19 player. One U-19 player must be included in the Playing XI for each team

By APP
April 13, 2016

ISLAMABAD: With an aim to groom the youth, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to include an Under-19player in each of the regional teams for the Pakistan Cup.

The PCB in a statement here Wednesday, said each regional team would support a 16-member squad instead of 15. The additional person would be an U-19 player.

One U-19 player must be included in the Playing XI for each team, it said.

The U-19 players added in the squads include Sameen Gul (KhyberPakhtunkhwa, right-arm fast bowler), Shadab Khan (Federal, right-arm leg-spinner & right-hand middle-order batsman), Salman Fayyaz (Punjab, left-hand middle-order batsman & right-arm leg-spinner), Ghulam Haider (Balochistan, left-arm spinner) and Hasan Mohsin (Sindh, Captain U-19, right-hand batsman & right-arm medium-fast bowler).