KARACHI, July 18: The Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) has invited its Under-19 cricketers to appear in final trials for the selection of two Karachi Regional teams at the National Stadium here on Friday.

The first batch consisting of cricketers from Zone-I to IV will appear in the trials on Friday at 9:00am.

Regional selection committee after the first round of trials will pick outstanding players after 4:00pm and will select 15 players along with 5 reserves, KCCA President Syed Siraj-ul-Islam Bukhari said on Wednesday.

The second batch consisting of cricketers from Zone-V to VII will appear in the trials at 2:00pm on Friday after Jumma prayer.

Following players were invited for the trials: ZONE-I: Saifullah Bangash, Arsalan Hussain, Jawwad Alam, Hamza Naqvi, Khurram Shahzad, Sajjad Baig, Saad Alam, Widwanullah, Hood Adnan, Abdus Samad, Zeeshan Haider, Mohammad Asghar, Allahrakha, Taimur Mahmood, Misbah-ul-Haq, Ayaz Ahmed, Farhar Tahir, Deenar Azeem, Mir Aamar, Haziq Khan.

ZONE-II: Rao Waqar, Suleman Saleem, Walee Khan, Noor Wali, Sarfaraz Malik, S. Asim Ali Shah, S. Faazullah, Mohammad Ali, Farooq Hassan, S. Haris Ali, Fahadis Bukhari, Zahoor Ahmed, Saqib Ahmed, Salman Zaib.

ZONE-III: Daniyal Shah, Furqan Khalil, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Rujab Raees, Mohammad Tabraiz Dyer, Hamza Ali Khan, Irshad Khan, Shahzar Hasan, Raheel Gulzar, Salman Yaseen, Agha Safdar Ali, Karan Parkash, Shahzad Khan, Tanvir Ali, Umar Farooq.

ZONE-IV: Haris Ali Khan, Kaleemullah Khan, Faizan Ahmed, Mohammad Wajahat Khan, Fayyaz Hussain, Amir Idrees, Shahid Nadeem, Yaqzaan Rajput, Tauheed Khan, Mohammad Sharjeel Chaudhry, Wasiuddin, Salman-ul-Haq, Arsalan Farzand, Abdul Rehman, Bahar Khan.

ZONE-V: Arsalan Bashir, Moazzam Malik, Mohammad Sadiq Ali, Mohammad Bilal Khan, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Shahzeb Khan, Mohammad Salman, Zuhaib Abid, Sharjeel Ahmed, Wasim Ahmed, Naseeb, Mohammad Danish Khan, Jam Mohammad Saifullah, Waqas, Ammar Yousuf.

ZONE-VI: Jaahid Ali, Waqas Ali, Saud Shakeel, Shahrukh Ahmed, Shahzaib Ahmed, Adnan Afridi, Bilal Manzoor, Mohammad Waqas, Mohammad Maqsood, Qadir Khan Sheraz Hussain, Mohammad Shahrukh, Saif-ur-Rehman, Rameez Shahid, Farhan Hasan.

ZONE-VII: Ali Hashmi, Ghulam Mudassar, Umair Ahmed, Jehangir Jawad, Afroze Hasan, Arshad Bhatti, Shoaib Khan, Mohammad Hammad, Mohammad Tahir, Hamza Ghanchi, Firdous Hasan, Hafiz Mohammad Sufiyan, Naimat Afridi, Asad Ali, Nawaz Khan.—APP

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