LAHORE, April 3: The Pakistan deaf cricket team will participate in the first Asia Cup to be held in Mumbai, India from Sunday.

Besides Pakistan and India, the three other countries participating are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal. In the first match, Pakistan play Sri Lanka on Sunday while India will be meeting Bangladesh, the same day.

In next match, Pakistan face Nepal on Monday and arch-rivals India on April 10.

In the last outing, Pakistan have to play against Bangladesh on April 12.

Zaka Ahmed Qureshi will lead Pakistan team while Nabeel Anjum is his deputy.

Squad:

Zaka Ahmed Qureshi (captain), Nabeel Anjum (vice captain), Bilal Aslam Mughal,

Fida Hussain Shah, Naseer Ahmed Butt, Gohar Usman, Mohammad Hassan Chughtai, Adnan Ghani, Muhammad Shakeel, Naeem Baig, Naveed Abbas, Mohammad Iqbal, Yasir Nazeer, Nadeem, Irfan Ahmed, Rehman Basharat.

Officials: Abdul Salam, Hamidullah Khan, Nadeem Zafar Gondal (manager-cum-coach), Mohammad Umar Fayyaz (assistant coach), Tanvir Ahmed (physiotherapist) and Wasim Farhat Faruki (interpreter).