Afridi, Faisal to lead Karachi teams

Published September 28, 2010

KARACHI, Sept 27 Pakistan's limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi and Test batsman Faisal Iqbal were on Monday named to lead the two Karachi teams in the Faysal Bank Twenty20 Cricket Championship starting in Lahore from Oct 10.

Afridi will lead the star-studded Karachi Dolphins while Faisal will be in charge of Karachi Zebras.

The two teams were announced after a meeting of KCCA selection committee featuring chief selector and former Test paceman Jalaluddin with ex-Test batsman Basit Ali and first-class cricketer Zafar Ahmed as members at the KCCA Office here on Monday.

Squads

KARACHI DOLPHINS Shahid Afridi (captain), Khalid Latif, Shahzaib Hasan, Asad Shafiq, Afsar Nawaz, Fawad Alam, Shaharyar Ghani, Sarfraz Ahmed, Mohammad Sami, Sohail Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Tariq Haroon, Haris Ayaz, Azam Hussain, Fahad Iqbal, Mohammad Waqas, Ali Mudassar, Daniyal Ahsan.

Officials Azam Khan (coach), Raziq Rabbani (manager).

KARACHI ZEBRAS Faisal Iqbal (captain), Khurram Manzoor, Ali Asad, Hasan Raza, Fahadullah, Akbar Rehman, Nomanullah, Adnan Baig, Anwar Ali, Tabish Khan, Babar Rehman, Uzair-ul-Haq, Atiq Maqbool, Danish Kaneria, Naved Khan, Malik Aftab, Farhan Iqbal, Wajihuddin.

Officials Sadiq Mohammad (coach), Mohammad Ahmed Naqvi (manager). —APP

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