The inaugural edition of the UAE Friendship Cup began in Sharjah on Saturday, March 5. The event features retired players from all around the world and Bollywood stars competing against each other.
The four-team tournament is being played in a round-robin format, and will finish in three days. Each team will get 10 overs to bat (until all out) in each innings.
All games are scheduled at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Squads:
India Legends
Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Vinod Kambli, W V Raman, Ajay Sharma, Rajesh Chauhan, Nikhil Chopra, Sanjay Bangar, Sanjay Manjrekar, Robin Singh, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif (subject to availability), Irfan Pathan (subject to availability)
Pakistan Legends
Imran Nazeer, Salman Butt, Mohammad Yousuf, Yasir Hameed, Rana Naveed, Mohammad Irfan, Raza Hasan, Taufeeq Umar, Rahat Ali, Zulfiqar Babar, Abdur Rehman
World 11 Legends
Abdur Razzak, Shahriar Nafees, Dollar Mahmud, Jupiter Ghosh (Bangladesh); Ajantha Mendis, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chamara Kapugedara (Srilanka); John Simpson (England); Samiullah Shenwari, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Ashraf Sharafuddin (Afghanistan); Graeme Cremer, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)
Bollywood Kings
Suniel Shetty, Sohail Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boby Deol, Shabbir Ahluwalia, Saqib Saleem, Kunal Khemu, Sharad Kelkar, Vatsal Seth, Apoorva Lakhia, Varun Badola, Sameer Kochhar, Indraneil Sengupta, Kabir Sadanand, Raja Bherwani, Tushar Jalota, Sahil Chaudhary
UAE Friendship Cup 2022 – Fixtures and Match Timings:
Saturday, March 5
- India Legends vs World Legends 11, 6:30 PM (World Legends 11 won by 73 runs)
- Bollywood Kings vs Pakistan Legends, 8:15 PM (Pakistan Legends won by 43 runs)
Sunday, March 6
- India Legends vs Bollywood Kings, 6:30 PM
- World Legends 11 vs Pakistan Legends, 8:15 PM
- Bollywood Kings vs World Legends 11, 10:10 PM
Monday, March 7
- India Legends vs Pakistan Legends, 6:30 PM
- Final, 8:15 PM
Live Streaming details:
The UAE Friendship Cup 2022 will be streamed live in India and its neighbouring countries on Fancode.