2nd Pakistan One Day Cup draft completed

March 21, 2017
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Syed Arzan Ali
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2nd Pakistan One Day Cup draft completed | Pakistantribe.com

LAHORE – The players draft of the Pakistan one day Pentangular Cup was completed here on Tuesday at a local hotel in Lahore.

In the players draft, Umar Akmal was selected as captain of Punjab. Amid Wasim will lead Islamabad, Fakhar Zaman will captain Balochistan.

Anwar Ali and Muhammad Rizwan were named as captains of Sindh and KPK.

From 125 players, five teams have been selected to feature in the Premier one day activity.

Speaking on occasion, Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar M Khan said top fitness on the part of players is required to compete in this prestigious national event which will help in raising the overall standard of domestic cricket in Pakistan.

“PCB has introduced a new culture of fitness and players are being selected in the national team based on their performance, and the fitness and no compromise will be made on it,” he said.

Shaharyar Khan said PSL was a successful event in all manners and efforts would be done to hold the final of the next edition in Karachi.

“Pakistan Cup is of greater significance, and those who will be selected in the participating teams have to undergo a fitness test to prove top fitness required for that version of cricket,” he said.


Chairman, PSL, Najam Sethi said: “Pakistan cup will help in unearthing new talent as PCB is striving hard to expand the base of the game by having a pool of talented player.”

He underlined the efforts of PCB for promoting domestic cricket and said all such efforts will have long-term impact on the domestic cricket and will help in improving its quality.

 

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