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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced the Champions One-Day Cup for the 2024 season, marking a new chapter in domestic cricket. This innovative tournament aims to enhance the standard of domestic cricket in Pakistan by providing a competitive platform for emerging talent. Featuring five regional teams and a robust format, the Champions One-Day Cup is set to be a significant step in bridging the gap between domestic and international cricket.
List of Teams
The Champions One-Day Cup will showcase five regional teams, each representing a different part of Pakistan:
- Dolphins
- Lions
- Panthers
- Stallions
- Wolves
Team Mentors
Each team will be guided by a renowned former cricketer who serves as a mentor, offering invaluable experience and insights:
- Wolves: Misbah-ul-Haq
- Panthers: Saqlain Mushtaq
- Dolphins: Sarfaraz Ahmed
- Stallions: Shoaib Malik
- Lions: Waqar Younis
Format of the Tournament
The Champions One-Day Cup follows a single-league format, where each team plays against every other team once. This structure ensures that all teams have an equal opportunity to showcase their skills and compete for top positions. The top teams will advance to the knockout stages, which include the Qualifier, Eliminator 1, Eliminator 2, and the Final.
Captains of the Teams
The leadership of the teams 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
Each team has assembled a squad of 20 players, with the final squad to be reduced to 15 players on September 10th. 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
Complete Schedule
All matches will 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 (Team No.1 vs Team No.2)
- 25 Sep: Eliminator 1 (Team No.3 vs Team No.4)
- 27 Sep: Eliminator 2 (Losing Qualifier vs Winning Eliminator 1)
- 29 Sep: Final
