Karachi(Cliff News)A 20-member Pakistan squad, led by Jahanzaib Tiwana, will leave for Dubai today on Tuesday compete in the ICC Academy PD T-20 International Cricket Tournament 2016 for starting from 20th October.Pakistan will begin their campaign with a round game against England on Thursday at the ICC Academy Dubai.They will have nets at the same venue on Wednesday afternoon.Before departing for the Dubai capital, Jahanzed Tiwana vowed to live to the expectations of the nation.“I am looking forward and took the challenges this ICC Academy PD T-20 Tournament 2016 offers. As skipper, I am very confident that Pakistan team will give the positive result,” Jahanzeb speaking in the media conference. Here at the National Stadium on Monday. “The conditions in Dubai will be hot or less similar to what we find in Karachi. We are definitely capable of winning the title.”Head coach Sabih Azhar said that his players have prepared well for the competition during the short camp in Karachi.“We will play the positive cricket to achieve good results. Undoubtedly, the lads have trained well over the few days,” Sabih said in a news conference. We also thank to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), ICRC and President PDCA Saleem Karim for the financial support as well the past. We also thanks to Cricket Gears manufactures Matador the provided the cricket gears for the Pakistan Disabled Cricket Team in this tour. Pakistan Disabled Cricket Team will leave on Dubai today on Tuesday 2.30 p.m by FlyDubai Airline from Jinnah International Airport.
Pakistan Squad
Jahanzeb Tiwana (Captain), Nihar Alam (Vice-Captain), Hasnain Alam, Rao Javed, Muhammad Matloob, Muhammad Danish, Rehan Ghani Mirza, Abdullah Ijaz, Zubair Saleem, Fayyaz Ahmed, Wajid Alam, Adil Abbasi, Sher Ali, Muhammad Shabaz, Farhan Saeed.
Officials
Amir Uddin Ansari (Team Manager), Sabih Azhar (Head Coach), M. Javed (Asst. Coach), Dr. Noman Palekar (Team Doctor), Shakir Khilji (Video Analyst). The member of Selection Committee PDCA Jameel Kamran will also watch Players Performance during the event in Dubai.