Teams picked for Pakistan Cup

KARACHI: The five teams of the 2017 Pakistan Cup One-day tournament, to be held next month, were picked from a draft of 131 players in Lahore on Tuesday.

“The players selection ceremony for the Cool and Cool presents Q Mobile Pakistan Cup 2017 was held at a local hotel today. The five participating teams Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federal and Balochistan selected their teams from a list of 131 players from all over the country,” the PCB said on Tuesday.

“All teams were picked by their respective regional head, selector, captain or coach,” the PCB said.

International all-rounder Anwar Ali will lead Sindh, Imad Wasim will be the skipper of Federal, wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan will captain Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Umar Akmal will lead Punjab and left-handed opener Fakhar Zaman will lead Balochistan.

KP will defend the title.

PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, PCB executive committee chairman Najam Sethi, and COO Subhan Ahmed were also present on the occasion.

Balochistan: Fakhar Zaman (captain), Ghulam Mudassir (emerging), Bismillah Khan (regional), Imam-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Saad Ali (all batsmen), Usman Shinwari, Khalid Usman, Azizullah (all bowlers), Agha Salman (all-rounder), Aamir Yamin, Sahibzada Farhan, Rameez Aziz (all open selection), Taimoor Khan (regional), Hammal Wahab (emerging)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Shadab Khan (emerging), Iftikhar Ahmed (regional), Israrullah, Adil Amin, Imran Butt (all batsmen), Mohammad Sami, Waqas Maqsood, Zafar Gohar (all bowlers), Shoaib Malik (all-rounder), Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Naeem, Taj Wali (all open selection), Imran Khan Senior (regional), Nabi Gul (emerging).

Sindh: Anwar Ali (captain), Saif Badar (emerging), Khurram Manzoor (regional), Fawad Alam, Asif Zakir, Zain Abbas (all batsmen), Rumman Raees, Usama Mir, Mir Hamza (all bowlers), Mohammad Nawaz (all-rounder), Akbar-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Hasan, Umar Gul (open selection), Saud Shakeel (regional), Hasan Mohsin (emerging)

Punjab: Umar Akmal (captain), Nasir Nawaz (emerging), Kamran Akmal (regional), Salman Butt, Umar Amin, Khushdil Shah (all batsmen), Zulfiqar Babar, Junaid Khan, Bilawal Bhatti (all bowlers), Fahim Ashraf (all-rounder), Hammad Azam, Raza Ali Dar, Abdul Rehman Muzammil (all open selection), Saad Nasim (regional), Arsal Sheikh (emerging)

Federal: Imad Wasim (captain), Hassan Khan (emerging), Zohaib Ahmed (regional), Haris Sohail, Sami Aslam, Abid Ali (all batsmen), Sohail Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Sameen Gul (all bowlers), Mohammad Hafeez (all-rounder), Hussain Talat, Rohail Nazir, Mohammad Irfan (open selection), Sarmad Bhatti (regional), Abdullah Shafiq (emerging).