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Official: These Are The Squads For National T20 Cup

Head coaches of the six Cricket Associations have confirmed their 16-player squads for this month’s National T20 Cup. The squads were finalized from a pool of players, which the head coaches had selected on 28 August.

The teams for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and 50-over Pakistan Cup will be announced later.

The First XI National T20 Cup, for the first time, will be held on a double-league basis. The format has been changed keeping in view the ICC T20 World Cup 2021 and to provide the players with more opportunities to stake claims in the national side.


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With the Pakistan Super League 2020 draft to also take place in November, the tournament provides a great opportunity for the country’s best T20 players to impress the team owners with their talent and mettle.

Northern will defend both the First XI and Second XI titles. The First XI matches will be played in Multan (1st round) and Rawalpindi (2nd round, semi-finals, and final) from 30 September to 18 October and Second XI fixtures in Lahore from 1-8 October.

Here are the squads:

Balochistan

First XI

Haris Sohail (c)Bismillah Khan (vc, wk),Akbar-ur-RehmanAkif Javed
Ammad ButtAwais ZiaImam-ul-HaqImran Butt
Kashif BhattiKhurram ShahzadTaimur KhanUmaid Asif
Umar GulUsama MirYasir ShahImran Farhat

Player support personnel – Khuda Bux Silaci (manager), Faisal Iqbal (head coach), Wasim Haider (assistant coach), Ajab Gul Khan (trainer), Arif Shah (physio) and Shakir Khilji (analyst).

Second XI

Sami Aslam (c)Jalat Khan (vc)Abdul NasirAbdul Wahid Bangalzai
Akhtar ShahAyaz TasawarGohar FaizGulraiz Sadaf (wk)
Hayat UllahMohammad IbrahimMohammad Junaid KhanMohammad Talha
Najeebullah AchakzaiRameez Raja JnrSalahuddinTaj Wali

Player Support Personnel – Habib Baloch (coach-cum-manager), Shoaib Khan (assistant coach), Mohammad Hasnain (physio), Mohammad Hussain (trainer) and Waseemuddin (analyst).

Central Punjab

First XI

Babar Azam (c)Saad Nasim (vc)Abdullah ShafiqAbid Ali
Ahmed BashirBilal AsifEhsan AdilFaheem Ashraf
Irfan Khan NiaziKamran Akmal (wk)Naseem ShahQasim Akram
Rizwan HussainSohaibullahUsman QadirZafar Gohar

Player Support Personnel – Azhar Zaidi (manager), Shahid Anwar (head coach), Samiullah Niazi (assistant coach), Mohammad Asad (physio), Yasir Mahmood (trainer) and Sajid Yasin (analyst).

Babar will join the squad for the second round matches after finishing his commitments with Somerset.

Second XI

Nauman Anwar (c)Raza Ali Dar (vc)Atiq-ur-RehmanAitzaz Habib Khan
Bilawal IqbalFahad UsmanJunaid AliKamran Afzal
Muhammad AkhlaqMohammad AliMohammad FaiqMohammad Saad
Nisar AhmedSuleman ShafqatWaqas MaqsoodZubair Khan Lodhi

Player Support Personnel – Akram Raza (coach-cum-manager), Humayun Farhat (assistant coach), Arshad Javed (trainer), Ubaidullah (physio) and Mahmood Mohyuddin (analyst).

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

First XI

Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk)Junaid Khan (vc)Arshad IqbalAsif Afridi
Fakhar ZamanIftikhar AhmedImran Khan SnrMohammad Hafeez
Mohammad Haris (wk)Mohammad MohsinSahibzada FarhanShaheen Shah Afridi
Shoaib MalikUsman Khan ShinwariWahab RiazZohaib Khan

Player Support Personnel – Farrukh Zaman (manager), Abdul Razzaq (head coach), Aftab Khan (assistant coach), Imranullah (trainer), Rehan Khalid (physio) and Waleed Ahmed (analyst).

Shaheen is presently representing Hampshire and will be in action for the second round matches.

Second XI

Mehran Ibrahim (c)Rehan Afridi (vc, wk)Adil AminAsad Afridi
IsrarullahKhalid UsmanMohammad Amir KhanMohammad Arif Shah
Mohammad ImranMohammad Irfan KhanMohammad Mohsin KhanMohammad Sarwar Afridi
Musaddiq AhmadNabi GulSajid KhanSameen Gul

Player Support Personnel – Riffatullah Mohmand (coach-cum-manager), Mohammad Aslam Qureshi (assistant coach), Ibrar Ahmed (trainer), Sajjad Ali Khan (physio) and Majid Ali Shah (analyst).

Northern

First XI

Imad Wasim (c)Shadab Khan (vc)Ali ImranAsif Ali
Farzan RajaHaider AliHammad AzamHaris Rauf
Mohammad AmirMohammad NawazMusa KhanRohail Nazir (wk)
Sohail AkhtarSohail TanvirUmar AminZeeshan Malik

Player Support Personnel – Afaq Rahim (manager), Mohammad Wasim (head coach), Mohammad Masroor (assistant coach), Ali Sufyan (physio), Mohammad Aslam (trainer) and Mohammad Ahsan Ehsan (analyst).

Imad will be available for the second round matches commencing 9 October in Rawalpindi as he is presently representing Nottinghamshire in the ECB’s Vitality Blast T20 competition.

Second XI

Nauman Ali (c)Umair Masood (vc, wk)Aamer JamalAthar Mehmood
Faizan RiazMohammad IsmailNasir NawazNaved Malik
Nihal MansoorRaza HasanSalman IrshadSarmad Bhatti
Shiraz KhanShoaib Ahmad MinhasTaimur SultanZaid Alam

Player Support Personnel – Fahad Masood (coach-cum-manager), Saeed Anwar Jnr (assistant coach), Farrukh Hayat (trainer), Iftikhar (physio) and Mohammad Rizwan Hanif (analyst).

Sindh

First XI

Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk)Saud ShakeelAhsan AliAnwar Ali
Asad ShafiqAzam KhanDanish AzizHassan Khan
Khurram ManzoorMir HamzaMohammad AsgharMohammad Hasnain
Mohammad TahaRumman RaeesSharjeel KhanSohail Khan

Player Support Personnel – Rashid Khan (manager), Basit Ali (head coach), Iqbal Imam (assistant coach), Imran Khalil (trainer), Imtiaz Khan (physio) and Mohammad Asim Hussain (analyst).

Second XI

Fawad Ali (c)Hasan Mohsin (vc)Abrar AhmedAamer Ali
Ammad AlamAsad RazaGhulam MudassarIbtisam Sheikh
Jahid AliMohammad SulemanMohammad UmarRameez Aziz
Saad AliSaifullah BangashShahnawazOmair Bin Yousuf

Player Support Personnel – Ghulam Ali (coach-cum-manager), Zafar Iqbal (assistant coach), Javed Sheikh (trainer), Nisar Khan (physio) and Shanullah (analyst).

Southern Punjab

First XI

Shan Masood (c)Hussain Talat (vc)Aamir YaminAli Shafiq
Bilawal BhattiKhushdil ShahMohammad AbbasMohammad Ilyas
Mohammad IrfanRahat AliSaif BadarSohaib Maqsood
Umer KhanUmar SiddiqZahid MehmoodZeeshan Ashraf (wk)

Player Support Personnel – Shahid Butt (manager), Abdul Rehman (head coach), Aizaz Cheema (assistant coach), Khawaja Rohail Ali (trainer), Mohammad Tayyab (physio) and Mohammad Faisal Rai (analyst).

Second XI

Naved Yasin (c)Agha Salman Ali (vc)Maqbool Ahmed (wk)Ali Usman
Anus MustafaDilbar HussainMohammad ImranMohammad Irfan
Mohammad MohsinMohammad RameezMohammad UmairMohammad Irfan Jnr
Mukhtar AhmedTayyab TahirZaib AbbasZia-ul-Haq

Player Support personnel – Sajjad Akbar (coach-cum-manager), Zahoor Elahi (assistant coach), Iftikhar Hussain (trainer), Adeel Bajwa (physio), and Hafiz Mohammad Usman (analyst).


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Meanwhile, the head coaches have finalized a pool of reserve cricketers, in addition to the 45 players of their Cricket Associations, who, if required, can be used as Covid-19 replacements:

Reserve players: Aamer Azmat (Peshawar), Abdul Rauf (Kurram Agency), Abdullah Muqaddam (Karachi), Abubakar Khan (Mianwali), Ali Manzoor (Lahore), Asif Fawad (Multan), Fahad Hussain (D.M. Jamali), Hamza Arshad (Rawalpindi), Hasan Raza  (Mirpur), Haseeb Azam (Rawalpindi), Hazrat Shah (Islamabad), Jahanzaib Sultan (Karachi), Khalilullah (Mardan), Mohammad (D.M. Jamali), Mohammad Nadeem (Islamabad), Mohammad Shahid (D.M. Jamali), Mohammad Umar Burki (KP), Mohammad Waqas (Karachi), Nasir Khan (D.M. Jamali), Raza-ul-Hasan (Karachi), Sajjad Ali (Mardan), Salman Fayyaz (Lahore), Shehzad Azam Rana (Islamabad), Shoaib Ahmed (D.M. Jamali) and Yousaf Babar (Multan).


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