The first edition of the tournament will be played entirely in Harare in Zimbabwe, with five teams participating. The five franchises will be based in Bulawayo, Cape Town, Durban, Harare and Johannesburg.

The draft for the Zim Afro T10 League was held on July 2, with Bulawayo and Durban picking 15 members each, Joburg signing 16, and the remaining two sides, Cape Town and Harare, selecting 17 players each.

The sides will also need to pick at least one more player from the Emerging Player scouting programme, organised by Zimbabwe.

As many as eight players from Pakistan will be seen in action in the upcoming tournament, two more than the number of cricketers from India. Robin Uthappa and Yusuf Pathan are the big names from India who have signed up for the event, as well as Parthiv Patel and S Sreesanth.

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Find the entire list of Indian players in the Zim Afro Cup here.

Four sides have signed up the eight Pakistan players. Durban Qalandars, owned by Pakistan Super League team Lahore Qalandars, have got four of them. Harare, Johannesburg and Cape Town Samp Army are the other teams with Pakistan players.

The biggest name on the list is Mohammad Amir, who will play for Durban alongside the likes of Tim Seifert, Craig Ervine and Andre Fletcher as well as countrymates Asif Ali, Mirza Baig and Tayyab Abbas.

Mohammad Hafeez will also feature in the competition, playing for Joburg Buffaloes, that also has the likes of Mushfiqur Rahim, Yusuf Pathan, Tom Banton and Noor Ahmad.

Zim Afro T10 squad 2023: Full list of Pakistan players

Durban Qalandars: Asif Ali, Mohammed Amir, Mirza Tahir Baig, Tayyab Abbas

Harare Hurricanes: Shahnawaz Dahani

Joburg Buffaloes: Usman Shinwari, Mohammad Hafeez

Cape Town Samp Army: Mohammad Irfan

Bulawayo Braves: No Pakistan player