FAISALABAD: Faislabad’s Iqbal stadium is about to host the celebrity-studded Champions One-Day Cup from September 12 as UMT (University of Management and Technology) Markhors (previously Wolves) will face off in opposition to the Panthers in the starting in shape, With Misbah-ul-Haq serving as UMT Markhors’ mentor, Mohammad Rizwan will captain them, while the Panthers could be led via Shadab Khan, with Saqlain Mushtaq as their mentor. The season-opening occasion boasts a total prize pool of Rs49 million, with the tournament winner on September 29 set to take domestic Rs30 million and the runner-up receiving Rs15 million. Mohammad Haris’ Allied Bank Stallions on Friday will clash with Shaheen Shah Afridi’s Nurpur Lions, followed via Saturday’s fixture between Saud Shakeel’s Dolphins and Shadab Khan’s Panthers. All five groups were in Faisalabad for the beyond 5 days, participating in extensive training sessions to prepare for this newly released event, which capabilities the pleasant of the u . S . A .’s pinnacle cricketers. The match has been planned with an eye on subsequent 12 months’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025, with standout performers looking to strengthen their chances of breaking into the countrywide facet a good way to compete in ODIs in Australia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, and a domestic tri-collection against New Zealand and South Africa within the lead-up to the largest ICC Event of 2025. White-ball head educate Gary Kirsten can be in Faisalabad to examine the 50-over tournament, a good way to be performed on a single-spherical foundation. Later in the competition, red-ball instruct Jason Gillespie will also be part of Kirsten in Faisalabad. In this excessive-stakes tournament in which every fit counts, the pinnacle-four facets will development to the playoffs, culminating in the final on 29 September. Meanwhile, the squads had been decreased to 16 after the preliminary squad of each team become announced. Sixteen-player squads: Dolphins: Saud Shakeel (captain), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Huraira, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Riazullah, Noman Ali, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sameen Gul, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Sufiyan Moqim, Umar Amin and Usman Qadir Mentor – Sarfaraz Ahmed Lions: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Aamer Yamin, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Imam-ul-Haq, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rohail Nazir, Sajjad Ali Hashmi, Sharoon Siraj and Sirajuddin Mentor – Waqar Younis Markhors: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Abdul Samad, Akif Javed, Ali Usman, Bismillah Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Haseebullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Imran, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani and Zahid Mehmood Mentor – Misbah ul Haq Panthers: Shadab Khan (captain), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmed Bashir, Amad Butt, Arafat Minhas, Azan Awais, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mubasir Khan, Rizwan Mehmood, Saim Ayub, Umar Siddiq, Usama Mir and Usman Khan Mentor – Saqlain Mushtaq Stallions: Mohammad Haris (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Adil Amin, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Saad Khan, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Yasir Khan and Zaman Khan Mentor – Shoaib Malik
