The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has launched the Champions One-Day Cup for the 2024 season, marking a brand new chapter in home cricket. This revolutionary match goals to boost the usual of home cricket in Pakistan by offering a aggressive platform for rising expertise. That includes 5 regional groups and a sturdy format, the Champions One-Day Cup is ready to be a big step in bridging the hole between home and worldwide cricket.
Checklist of Groups
The Champions One-Day Cup will showcase 5 regional groups, every representing a unique a part of Pakistan:
- Dolphins
- Lions
- Panthers
- Stallions
- Wolves
Staff Mentors
Every crew will probably be guided by a famend former cricketer who serves as a mentor, providing invaluable expertise and insights:
- Wolves: Misbah-ul-Haq
- Panthers: Saqlain Mushtaq
- Dolphins: Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Stallions: Shoaib Malik
- Lions: Waqar Younis
Format of the Match
The Champions One-Day Cup follows a single-league format, the place every crew performs towards each different crew as soon as. This construction ensures that each one groups have an equal alternative to showcase their expertise and compete for prime positions. The highest groups will advance to the knockout phases, which embody the Qualifier, Eliminator 1, Eliminator 2, and the Remaining.
Captains of the Groups
The management of the groups is as follows:
- Dolphins: Saud Shakeel
- Lions: Shaheen Shah Afridi
- Panthers: Shadab Khan
- Stallions: Mohammad Haris
- Wolves: Mohammad Rizwan
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Provisional Squads
Every crew has assembled a squad of 20 gamers, with the ultimate squad to be lowered to fifteen gamers on September tenth. The provisional squads are as follows:
Dolphins: Saud Shakeel (captain), Aftab Ibrahim, Asif Ali, Awais Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Kashif Ali, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Muhammad Riazullah, Noman Ali, Qasim Akram, Sameen Gul, Sarfaraz Ahmed (mentor), Sahibzada Farhan, Sufiyan Moqim, Umar Amin, Usman Qadir
Lions: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Aamir Jamal, Aamer Yamin, Faisal Akram, Hassan Nawaz, Hunain Shah, Imam-ul-Haq, Imran Butt, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Asghar, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Taha, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rohail Nazir, Shahab Khan, Sharoon Siraj, Sirajuddin, Waqar Hussain
Panthers: Shadab Khan (captain), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmed Bashir, Ali Asfand, Ali Raza, Amad Butt, Arafat Minhas, Azan Awais, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Umar, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mubasir Khan, Rehan Afridi, Rizwan Mehmood, Saim Ayub, Umar Siddiq, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Usman Salahuddin
Stallions: Mohammad Haris (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Adil Amin, Azam Khan, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Junaid Ali, Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Saad Khan, Shamyl Hussain, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan
Wolves: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Fakhar Zaman, Abdul Samad, Akif Javed, Ali Usman, Bilawal Bhatti, Haseebullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Imran, Naseem Shah, Nisar Ahmed, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Zahid Mehmood, Zain Abbas
Full Schedule
All matches will probably be held at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.
- 12 Sep: Wolves vs Panthers
- 13 Sep: Stallions vs Lions
- 14 Sep: Dolphins vs Panthers
- 15 Sep: Wolves vs Stallions
- 16 Sep: Lions vs Panthers
- 17 Sep: Dolphins vs Wolves
- 19 Sep: Stallions vs Dolphins
- 20 Sep: Lions vs Wolves
- 21 Sep: Panthers vs Stallions
- 22 Sep: Dolphins vs Lions
- 24 Sep: Qualifier (Staff No.1 vs Staff No.2)
- 25 Sep: Eliminator 1 (Staff No.3 vs Staff No.4)
- 27 Sep: Eliminator 2 (Dropping Qualifier vs Profitable Eliminator 1)
- 29 Sep: Remaining
