Champions ODI Cup; Opening match will be played today between Markhors and Panthers.

Champions ODI Cup; Opening match will be played today between Markhors and Panthers.

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The opening match of Champions ODI Cup will be played today between Muhammad Rizwan’s UMT Markhors and Shadab Khan’s Panthers.

UMT Markhors (ex-Wolves) captain Mohammad Rizwan says that a high-quality domestic event like the Champions ODI Cup is the lifeblood of any major cricket-playing nation as it exposes both experienced and emerging cricketers to national selection.

Provides equal and fair opportunities to strengthen your claim.
Panthers captain Shadab Khan says that we have trained hard in Faisalabad and now it is time to convert this effort into positive results.

We need to bring intensity and passion every time we step on the field because winning this tournament will not be easy.

Shadab Khan says that Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Haris are my teammates in the national team but if you ask them that, they will tell you that when we take the field, there are no friends and We play hard to win.

The final of the tournament will be played on September 29, while the winning team will be given a prize money of three crores and the runner-up will be given a prize of one and a half crores.

Lions mentor Waqar Younis says that this is the first time that young players have been brought in for domestic cricket.

Waqar Younis said that Misbah-ul-Haq, Saqlain Mushtaq and I have coached at the international level.
This is the first time that this tournament is being held for domestic cricket. He said that our aim is to provide the facilities found in cricket all over the world to our young players.

Musbah ul Haq says that our aim is to work on the players from the grass root level and remove the gap, to play friendly cricket.

Sarfaraz Ahmed, the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team, said that the fans will come to the ground in large numbers, hoping that people will get to see good cricket. For which the squad of teams has been announced.

Panthers ; Shadab Khan (captain), Abdul Wahid Banglazai, Ahmed Basheer, Imad Butt, Arafat Minhas, Azhan Owais, Haider Ali, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Zeeshan, Mubaser Khan, Rizwan Mehmood, Saeem Ayub, Umar Siddique, Osama Mir and Usman Khan. . Mentor: Saqlain Mushtaq.

Markhors ; Muhammad Rizwan (captain), Abdul Samad, Akif Javed, Ali Usman, Bismillah Khan, Fakhr Zaman, Haseebullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Imran Jr., Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Imran, Naseem Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dhani and Zahid Mehmood. Mentor: Misbah-ul-Haq.

Dolphins ; Saud Shakeel (Captain), Asif Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hurira, Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Riazullah, Noman Ali, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Sameen Gul, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sufian Muqim, Umar Amin and Usman Qadir Mentor: Sarfaraz Ahmed.

Lines ; Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Aamir Yameen, Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Imamul Haq, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Taha, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Umeer Bin Yousuf, Rohail Nazir, Sajjad Ali Hashmi, Sharoon. Siraj and Sirajuddin. Mentor: Waqar Younis

Stallions ; Muhammad Haris (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Adil Amin, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Jehandad Khan, Mehran Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Amir Khan, Saad Khan, Shan Masood, Tayyab Tahir, Obaid Shah, Yasir Khan and Zaman. Khan Mentor: Shoaib Malik.

The tournament has been planned with an eye on next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2025 where notable performers will try to strengthen their chances of making it to the national team.

The national team will play ODIs in Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and home tri-series against New Zealand and South Africa.

Whiteball head coach Gary Kirsten will be in Faisalabad to oversee the 50-over tournament, which will be played on a single-round basis. Red Ball head coach Jason Gillespie will also join Christen in Faisalabad during the tournament.

It should be noted that the prize money of this inaugural event is Rs 4 crore 90 lakh, in which the winner of the tournament on September 29 will get Rs 3 crore and the runner-up will get Rs 1.5 crore.