KARACHI, July 18: Zain-ul-Abedin has been named to lead Karachi in the three-day Sindh Inter-district men’s basketball championship which began at the Mohammad Medical College Mirpurkhas on Monday evening.

Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Larkana and two teams of Mirpurkhas are competing in the event.

The teams have been drawn in two groups and group champions will qualify for the final.

Squad: Zain-ul-Abedin (captain), Akmal Jamil, Talha Amjad, Abdullah Imam, Kazim Abbas, Talha Abid Malhi, Mohammad Rafiq, Yawar Abbas, Mohammad Samad, Haroon Khan, Ehsan-ul-Haq and Mohammad Abbas.

Stand byes: Ali Abid Malhi, Mahad Tariq and Obaid-ur-Rehman.

Officials: Mohammad Yaqoob (manager), Zahid Malik (coach).—Sports Correspondent