The 2024 Champions One-Day Cup, one of the three new competitions introduced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket, will start on September 12. Here are the provisional squads.
Champions One-Day Cup 2024: Which teams are playing?
The inaugural edition of the Champions One-Day Cup consists of Pakistan's top 150 cricketers. The teams gunning for the title are the Dolphins (led by Saud Shakeel), Lions (Shaheen Afridi), Panthers (Shadab Khan), Stallions (Mohammad Haris) and Wolves ( Mohammad Rizwan).
"Out of the 150 players, 125 were leading performers from the past three domestic seasons. The remaining 25 players were wildcards, selected based on their experience and performances for Pakistan, Pakistan Shaheens and Pakistan Under-19 teams over the last three years," read a Pakistan Cricket Board release.
Champions One-Day Cup 2024: Full schedule
The league games of the 50-over competition will be played between September 12 and 22 followed by the Qualifier on September 24, Eliminator 1 on September 25 and Eliminator 2 on September 27. The final will be played on September 29. Find the full schedule here.
Champions One-Day Cup 2024: Provisional squads and captains
Mohammad Nawaz (personal reasons), Imad Wasim (unavailable), Arshad Iqbal, Hasan Ali, Ihsanullah and Mohammad Wasim Jnr (undergoing rehabilitation) are among the list of centrally contracted players not participating in the competition.
Ahmed Shehzad has pulled out, accusing the PCB of "injustice and favouritism".
Find the full squads here:
*To be reduced to 15 players on September 10
Dolphins: Saud Shakeel (c), Aftab Ibrahim, Asif Ali, Awais Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Kashif Ali, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Muhammad Riazullah, Noman Ali, Qasim Akram, Sameen Gul, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sahibzada Farhan, Sufiyan Moqim, Umar Amin, Usman Qadir
Lions: Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abdullah Shafique, Aamir Jamal, Aamer Yamin, Faisal Akram, Hassan Nawaz, Hunain Shah, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Butt, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Asghar, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Taha, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rohail Nazir, Shahab Khan, Sharoon Siraj, Sirajuddin, Waqar Hussain
Panthers: Shadab Khan (c), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmed Bashir, Ali Asfand, Ali Raza, Amad Butt, Arafat Minhas, Azan Awais, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mubasir Khan, Rehan Afridi, Rizwan Mehmood, Saim Ayub, Umar Siddiq, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Usman Salahuddin
Stallions: Mohammad Haris (c), Abrar Ahmed, Adil Amin, Azam Khan, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Junaid Ali, Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Saad Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan
Wolves: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Fakhar Zaman, Abdul Samad, Akif Javed, Ali Usman, Bilawal Bhatti, Haseebullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Imran, Naseem Shah, Nisar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahid Mehmood, Zain Abbas.
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