Pakistani Parliamentarians’ 22-member squad announced for 1st Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup
Pakistani Parliamentarians’ 22-member squad have been announced for the 2019 Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup which is scheduled to be held from 8 to 15 July in England.
Speaker National Assembly, Asad Qaiser announced the Pakistani Parliamentarians’ 22-member squad for the 2019 Inter-Parliamentary Cricket World Cup for which the training camp that have already been in progress, have now resumed since yesterday to which Ali, a selected player in the current squad said,
"We are very good at batting and bowling but we need to focus on fielding and catching. Our spin department is our secret weapon which was further strengthened with inclusion of Qasim Suri.”
The 22 member squad is named as under:
1. Makhdoom Zain Hussain Qureshi (Captain)
2. Ali Nawaz Khan
3. Ali Amin Gandapur,
4. Shehryar Afridi
5. Qasim Suri
6. Shah Farman
7. Ali Zahid (Vice-Captain)
8. Ameer Sultan
9. Murtaza Mahmood
10. Mustafa Mahmood
11. Imran Khattak
12. Sadat Abbasi
13. Naveed Dero
14. Mujahid Ali
15. Ata Ullah Khan
16. Shahid Khattak
17. Agha Shahzaib Durrani
18. Syed Ali Haider Gilani
19. Syed Ali Haider Gilani
20. Mohammad Bakhsh
21. Mobeen Khilji
22. Abbas Jafri
23. Ahmed Kund
Ali further said,
“With the inclusion of five provincial assemblies’ members and Senator, Agha Shahzaib Durrani, we have now a highly balanced team. Head coach Ayaz Akbar has turned the players into one unit. We are grateful to Speaker, Asad Qiaser for his overwhelming support, time and presence, which remained very motivational for all of us.”
“When I appeared for trials almost two months back, I wasn’t even thinking about any outside chance of Pakistani parliamentarians’ team in the event, where Indians are bringing their super stars, but after sheer hard work, PCB’s help and Shakil Shaikh’s support, we can claim that we are going to win the event.” he added.
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