Rizwan banks on home crowd support ahead of Champions One-Day Cup

Team Wolves’ captain Mohammad Rizwan pinned high hopes on the home crowd to serve as the “12th man” in the upcoming Champions One-Day Cup, scheduled to run from September 12 to 29 at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Rizwan will be marshalling the Wolves side with Misbah-ul-Haq being the mentor.

The home team will be looking to make a successful start to the Champions One-Day Cup when they will feature in the tournament opener against Shadab Khan’s Panthers on Thursday, 12 September.

“It is heartening to see a highly-competitive domestic tournament like the Champions One-Day Cup coming to life in Faisalabad. I’m excited to be leading the Wolves, which is like a home team as our academy is based in this vibrant city,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) quoted Rizwan saying.

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“I’m eagerly looking forward to the local crowd supporting Wolves during the tournament and I feel they are going to act as the 12th player for us. With the help of the Almighty, we will try our best to perform well in this tournament.”

WOLVES Squad for Champions One-Day Cup: Mohammad Rizwan (captain, Peshawar), Fakhar Zaman (Abbottabad), Abdul Samad (Faisalabad), Akif Javed (FATA), Ali Usman (Multan), Bilawal Bhatti (Muridke), Haseebullah (Pishin), Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar), Kamran Ghulam (Peshawar), Mohammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Mohammad Imran Jnr (Peshawar), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (FATA), Muhammad Imran (Khanewal), Naseem Shah (Lahore), Nisar Ahmed (Lahore), Salman Ali Agha (Lahore), Shahnawaz Dahani (Larkana), Zahid Mehmood (Dadu) and Zain Abbas (Multan).

Schedule of Wolves’ matches (all their matches will start at 3pm):

12 Sep – Wolves v Panthers
15 Sep – Wolves v Stallions
17 Sep – Dolphins v Wolves
20 Sep – Lions v Wolves

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