KARACHI, Aug 10: The Pakistan 'A' team is strong favourites to win the Tri-Nation Tournament starting from today (Wednesday) at Kenya. The tournament is featuring India 'A', Pakistan 'A' and the Kenya National team.

Pakistan 'A' and Kenya National side played a four-day match before the start of the tournament which resulted in a draw.

Pakistan 'A' will play its first match against India A in the triangular series on Aug 16. The final will be played on Aug 21. Each team is to play the other three times on the way to the final to be contested by the top two teams after the round-robin phase.

Ten Sports' channel is to telecast live four matches, including the final. The cricket telecast is to commence at 12 noon on these days.

THE TELECAST SCHEDULE IS:

Aug. 16: India A v Pakistan A,

Aug. 17: India A v Kenya,

Aug. 19: India A v Pakistan A,

Aug. 21: Tri-series final.

FOLLOWING ARE THE PLAYERS:

PLAYERS: Misbah-ul-Haq (Captain), Taufeeq Umar (Vice Captain), Salman Butt, Naveed Lateef, Faisal Iqbal, Bazid Khan, Kamran Akmal, Qaisar Abbas, Mansoor Amjad, Riaz Afridi, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Zahid Saeed, Naveed Qureshi, Junaid Zia. -PPI

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