KARACHI: Discarded Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed has been named to skipper National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) in the forthcoming Quaid-i-Azam Trophy National Cricket Championship, it was announced here on Monday.

The 20-man squad announced by bank’s sports chief Ovais Asad Khan includes several newcomers following the departure of several star players.

Among the exodus of cricketers who have moved to other departments are NBP’s long-serving skipper and former Pakistan wicket-keeper/batsman Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Asghar, Umar Waheed, Zia-ul-Haq, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Ahmed Jamal, Fahim Ashraf, Amin-ur-Rehman and Ataullah.

Former international Naumanullah is the head coach with Mohammad Jameel continuing his role as the team manager, while ex-Pakistan batsman Saeed Azad to act as the co-ordinator.

Squad: Nasir Jamshed (captain), Naved Sarwar, Rameez Raja, Hamza Paracha, Ahsan Ali, Usman Salahuddin, Faisal Mubashir, Naved Yasin, Qaiser Abbas, Kamran Ghulam, Bilal Asif, Ali Manzoor, Afaq Ahmed, Altaf Ahmed, Atif Jabbar, Gohar Shah, Zohaib Ahmed, Faizan Khan (wicket-keeper), Yasir Hussain, Mohammad Zahid.

Published in Dawn September 20th, 2016