KARACHI, March 5: Mansoor Khan and Arif Mahmood will lead Karachi Blues and Karachi Whites respectively in the National One-day Cricket Tournament starting from Friday.

Karachi Blues team will leave for Lahore Wednesday by Karachi Express to participate in Pool ‘B’ matches.

The squads are:

Karachi Blues: Mansoor Khan (captain), Imranullah, Rizwan Saeed, Haaris Ariz, Jaffar Qureshi, Tariq Haroon, Amin-ur-Rehman, Mansoor Baig, Atif Ali Zaidi, Nadeem Shaikh, Raheel Sayani, S.M. Babar, Shahid Dawood, Ariz Kamal, Zahid Ghauri, Ijaz Ahmed and Abdul Qadir.

Officials: Mehdi Hassan (manager) and Aftab Ahmed (assistant manager).

Karachi Whites: Arif Mahmood (captain), Maisam Hasnain, Mohammad Masroor, Faisal Mirza, Zeeshan Pervez, Fahadullah, Farhan Iqbal, Adnan Kalim, Tahir Khan, Shahid Iqbal, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfanuddin, Adnan Malik, Ali Mohammad, Fahad Khan, Saqib Zia, Mohammad Farrukh, Atif Maqbool, Ovais Athar, Mir Rashid, Ahmer Saeed, Farman Ali, Wasim Naeem, Mubashir Ahmed, Ashraf Ali, Wajid Ali, Rashid Ghauri, Saif Ashraf, Asif Zakir, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Tauseef Qadri, Tariq Rasheed, Faraz Ahmed Khan and Aqeel Sharif.

Officials: Haji Iftikhar Ahmed (manager) and Jamil Ahmed (assistant manager).

The Whites cricketers have been advised to report for nets at KCCA Stadium from Wednesday at 2pm.—APP

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