LAHORE: Pakistan Shaheens begin their campaign in the eight-team ACC Men’s Emerging Teams T20 Asia Cup with the match against India ‘A’ at the Oman Cricket Academy ground in Muscat on Saturday.

The Mohammad Haris-led squad, who are placed in Group ‘B’, will take on hosts Oman on Oct 21 followed by their third group match against the UAE on Oct 23.

The top two teams in each of the two groups will qualify for the semis.

This is the first edition of the ACC Emerging Teams tournament which is taking place in the T20 format. The previous five editions in 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023 were played in the List-A format.

Squad: Mohammad Haris (captain), Abdul Samad, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haider Ali, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Imran Jr, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Rohail Nazir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sufiyan Moqim, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan Player support personnel: Umar Rasheed (head coach-cum-manager), Imran Farhat (batting coach), Riffatullah Mohmand (fielding coach), Usman Hashmi (analyst), Syed Mohammad Asad (physio).

Published in Dawn, October 19th, 2024