KARACHI, Feb 22: Faisal Iqbal and Hasan Raza will lead Karachi Dolphins and Karachi Zebras in the Twenty20 Cup cricket tournament, which starts from Friday at three venues of the city.

The Karachi Dolphins include paceman Mohammad Sami and batsman Asim Kamal.

They finished runners-up to Faisalabad Wolves in Lahore last year under the captaincy of Moin Khan.

Shahid Afridi and Danish Kaneria are named in the Karachi Zebras squad.

Afridi, however, is nursing a rib injury which he suffered during the third ODI against India in Lahore.

Misbahul Haq will lead defending champions Faisalabad Wolves in the event with all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez as his deputy.

Teams:

Karachi Dolphins: Faisal Iqbal (captain), Agha Sabir, Asif Zakir, Khalid Latif, Asim Kamal, Afsar Nawaz, Fawad Alam, Moin Khan, Malik Aftab, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfanuddin, Haris Ayaz, Nauman Alvi, Saad Wasim.

Standbys: Rajesh Ramesh, Saeed bin Nasir, Farhan Iqbal, Fahadullah, Mansoor Baig.

Officials: Rashid Khan (coach) and Shafiq Kazmi (manager).

Karachi Zebras: Hasan Raza (captain), Shahid Afridi, Maisam Hasnain, Khurram Manzoor, Farhan Adil, Wasim Naeem, Aminur Rahman, Danish Kaneria, Tabish Khan, Nasir Khan, Tanvir Ahmed, Ashraf Ali, Azam Hussain, Naumanullah.

Standbys: Ghulam Ali, Ahmed Zeeshan Malik, Saeed Khan, Rizwan Saeed, Naveed Khan.

Officials: Asif Mujtaba (coach) and Tauseef Siddiqui (manager).

Faisalabad Wolves: Misbahul Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Naved Latif, Shahid Nazir, Ahmed Hayat, Asif Hussain, Imran Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Samiullah Khan Niazi, Mohammad Zahid, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Salman, Asad Ali, Imran Khalid, Tauqir Hussain.

Standbys: Ali Raza, Abdul Mannan, Farooq Iqbal, Sabir Hussain, Kamran Naeem.

Officials: Wasim Haider (coach) and Humayun Farkhan (manager).—APP