LAHORE: A 17-member Pakistan baseball team along with six officials departed for Dubai to play a two-match series against India there from Dec 8 to 10.

It is the first time that Pakistan and India are playing a bilateral series at a neutral venue. Khawar Shah, president Pakistan Baseball Feder­ation said that World Baseball Federation had sanctioned the series for Dubai and the world body would also give ranking points to the winners.

Squad: Inayat Ullah Khan, Tariq Nadeem, Ihsan Ullah, Umair Imdad Bhatti, Jawad Ali, Arsalan Jamshaid, Nabeel Manzoor, Ubaid Ullah, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Muhammad Hussain, Muhammad Rafi, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Waseem, Muhammad Zakir, Muhammad Sumair Zawar, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Usama; Team leader: Pervaiz Shah Khawar; Manager: Muhammad Mohsin Khan; Assistant manager: Sh. Mazhar Ahmad; Coaches: Mussadiq Hanif, Saleem Ahmad Khan.; Umpire: Zafar Hussain.

Published in Dawn, December 7th, 2017

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