KARACHI, Nov 24: The third edition of the NBP Disabled Twenty20 Pentangular Cup will start from Wednesday with Shahenshah-e-Punjab taking on defending champions Sardar of Balochistan in the opening fixture here at the NBP Sports Complex.

Chairman of the PCB national selection committee Iqbal Qasim, who also the head of the NBP Sports Division, will inaugurate the tournament at 1:30pm on the same day before the start of the second match between Kings of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federal Areas Maharajahs. Sultans of Sindh are the fifth competing team.

The event is being held under the auspices of the Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association and is being sponsored by National Bank of Pakistan. A handsome prize money of Rs125,000 will be at stake with winners to receive Rs50,000. The runners-up would get Rs25,000. In addition, each wining side at the league phase of the competition will be given Rs5,000 as bonus in each match while the Man-of-the-Match will collect Rs1,000. The best bowler, batsman, wicket-keeper and fielder of the event will be presented with Rs2,500 each.

According to PDCA honorary secretary Amiruddin Ansari, the other league matches will be played at the RLCA Ground in Gulberg and the TMC Ground with the final to be contested at the Aga Khan Gymkhana Ground on Dec 1.

Following are the squads:

SULTANS OF SINDH: Danish Ahmed (captain), Rao Javed, Arif Richard, Farhan Saeed, Abdul Rehman, Ameer Ahmed, Riasat Ali, Naeem Khan, M. Kalam, Iqbal Hussain, Fazal Hadi, Ishaq Jr, Salman Askari, Danish Ahmed (Jr.), Amir Rajput, Waheed Khan, Fida Hussain, Ishaq Sr, Akhtar Abbasi. Zafar Iqbal (coach).

SHAHENSHAH-E-PUNJAB: Hasnain Alam (captain), Sabeen Baig, Abdullah, Shahid Ahmed, Shakir Ahmed, Ashfaq, Toni, Iftikhar, Zulfiqar, Tanvir Ahmed, Amjad, Rashid, Haider Ali, Kamran Butt, Tahir Abbas, Azeem Qureshi, Burhan, Abdul Jabbar, Gull Mohammad. Iqbal Imam (coach).

KINGS OF KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Abdullah Afridi, Fayyaz Ahmed (captain), Wajid Alam, Noorullah, Najeebullah, Mohammadullah, Samirullah, Gulab Afridi, Rehan Ghani Mirza, Adnan Butt, Touseef Ahmed, Mohammad Saqlain, Saifullah, Abdullah, Zeeshan Saleem, Jahangir, Sakhi Jan, Umar Saeed, Mohammad Waqas. Fareeduddin (coach).

FEDERAL AREAS MAHARAJAS: Altaf Ahmed (captain), Raja Qaiser, Faisal Nadeem, Sardar Faisal, Kashif Javed, Alamgir Khan, Mazhar Ahmed, Gul Hassan, Kamran Younis, Majid Ibrahim, Tanvir Ahmed, Arsal, Asghar Ali Shah, Hameed Khan, Taimur Ahmed, Naseeb Abbasi. Fahim Ahmed Sr (coach)

SARDARS OF BALOCHISTAN: Matloob Qureshi, Jahanzaib Tiwana (captain), Umaiz-ur-Rehman, Marghoob Alam, Mehdi Hasan, Zubair Ahmed, Majid Hussain, Rashid Ali, Abdullah Khan, Gul Mohammad, Abdul Bari, Mohammad Ameer, Nusratullah, Samiullah, Farhan Saeed, Amir Hameed, Owais Islam. Mohammad Zubair. Tahir Mahmood (coach).