Azharuddin, Kambli, Jadeja, Pathan to play for India Legends in Friendship T10 Cup
India Legends, led by Mohammad Azharuddin, will take on Pakistan Legends, World Legends XI and Bollywood Kings in Sharjah from March 5-7.
Vinod Kambli and Mohammad Azharuddin will be among the legends in the Indian team at the UAE Friendship Cup (ICC)
A host of Indian cricket legends like Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Irfan Pathan, Mohammad Kaif, Vinod Kambli, Munaf Patel and Venkatesh Prasad are set to be in action at the 'Friendship Cup', a T10 tournament set to be held in Sharjah, UAE over three days from March 5-7.
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Azharuddin will lead the India Legends team, while the three other teams in the tournament will be Pakistan Legends (led by Imran Nazir), World Legends XI (led by Ajantha Mendis) and a Bollywood Kings team (led by Suniel Shetty).
Teams
Some of the names which have been disclosed to be part of the four teams so far.
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 Legends XI - 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
Schedule
Seven matches will be played with the tournament concluding with a final match on March 7.
05 March 2022 - India Legends vs World Legends 11
05 March 2022 - Bollywood Kings vs Pakistan Legends
06 March 2022 - India Legends vs Bollywood Kings
06 March 2022 - Pakistan Legends vs World Legends 11
06 March 2022 - Bollywood Kings vs World Legends 11
07 March 2022 - India Legends vs Pakistan Legends
07 March 2022 - Final
Where to watch
The tournament will be telecast live on the Sony Six network. It can also be streamed on Fancode.
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