NEW DELHI, Aug 29: The unofficial cricket teams of India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, vying for honours in the first No Marks Twenty20 Cup to be held at Gwalior, were announced on Monday.

The teams named as Indian Tigers, Pakistan Panthers and Sri Lankan Lions have past and present international cricketers in their ranks, a release said.

Indian Tigers, led by former offie Rajesh Chauhan, boasts of Nikhil Chopra, Hemant Badani, Ajay Ratra, Robin Singh and Nayan Mongia.

Akram Raza will captain Pakistan side which has national team hopefuls Imran Farhat, Junaid Tauqir Zia and many ‘A’ team players in its ranks.

Sri Lanka Lions will be captained by Naweed Nawaz and has current national team players Saman Jayantha and Thilina Thushara apart from Lanka De Silva and Buddhika Fernando in the squad.

Teams: Indian Tigers: Amit Bhandari, Nikhil Chopra, Hemant Badani, Gagan Khoda, Ajay Ratra, Atul Wasan, Rajesh Chauhan (capt), Robin Singh, Salil Ankola, Praveen Amre, Nayan Mongia, Vijay Yadav, T Surender.

Pakistan Panthers: Muhammad Akram Raza (capt), Naveed Anjum, Ali Zia, Syed Tahir Hussain, Khurram Shahzad, Ashraf Qureshi, Saad Khan Janjua, Anwar Butt, Adnan Butt, Irfan Munawar, Junaid Tauqir Zia, Kashif Ajaz, Humayun Farhat, Irfan Fazil, Imran Farhat.

Sri Lanka Lions: Saman Jayantha, Thilina Thushara, Lanka De Silva, Dharshana Nayankantha, Hasantha Fernando, Bathiya Perera, Naweed Nawaz (capt), Nimesh Perera, Dilrukwan K Perera, A Ganegame, Buddhika Fernando, A Polonowita, Chamara Silva.

The eight matches in the tournament will be telecast live on DD Sports.—PPI