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- In Pakistan, broadcast coverage will be available on A Sports HD, GEO Super and PTV Sports; live-streaming in Pakistan will be available on Tamasha, Tapmad and myco; Willow TV to show action in North America
- Mentors confirm player support personnel, each side to have an eight-member coaching staff
- Free entrance (First-class and General enclosures) from 12 to 22 September; tickets are available online at PCB.tcs.com.pk; physical tickets are available from 9 September at different outlets (click here for details); tickets at box office opposite Navy recruitment centre are available from today (Tuesday)
- Tournament schedule is available here
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today announced that the naming rights for three of the five Champions Cup teams have been secured by commercial partners, while discussions regarding the naming rights of the remaining two teams are ongoing with potential sponsors.
Nurpur has acquired the naming rights for the Lions, which will now be known as the Nurpur Lions. Allied Bank has secured the rights for the Stallions, renaming them as Allied Bank Stallions. The University of Management and Technology (UMT) will sponsor the Wolves, which has been rebranded as the UMT Markhors.
The details of the sponsors for the Dolphins and Panthers will be announced in due course.
Additionally, five prominent media outlets have partnered with the respective teams: ARY will serve as the media partner for the Stallions, Dunya News for the Panthers, GEO News for the Dolphins, HUM News for the Markhors (formerly Wolves) and Samaa TV for the Lions.
Broadcast coverage:
To promote the Champions One-Day Cup from 12 to 29 September, build the brand, provide content, and publicise Pakistan cricket, the PCB will provide live feed to local sports channels, including PTV Sports, A Sports HD, and GEO Super. Live-streaming in Pakistan will be available on Tamasha, Tapmad and myco, while viewers in North America can watch the matches on Willow TV.
The following is the commentary panel for the tournament: Ali Younis, Marina Iqbal, Salman Butt, Shah Faisal and Sikandar Bakht. Meesha Imran will be the presenter.
Player support personnel:
The following is the player support personnel of the five sides, which have been selected by the mentors:
Dolphins – Sarfaraz Ahmed (mentor), Ahmed Raza (manager), Iqbal Imam (head coach), Abdul Saad (fielding coach), Faisal Raza (masseur), Hafiz Ali Hamza (analyst), Imtiaz (physiotherapist), Mohammad Masroor (batting coach), Sajid Shah (fast bowling coach), Tahir Mahmood (spin bowling coach) and Taimoor Mahmood (strength and conditioning)
Lions – Waqar Younis (mentor), Rahat Abbas Asadi (manager), Abdur Rehman (head coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Aizaz Cheema (fast bowling coach), Faisal Rai (analyst), Imranullah (strength and conditioning coach), Malang Ali (masseur), Riffatullah Mohmand (batting coach), Saeed Anwar Jnr (spin bowling coach) and Ubaid Ullah (physiotherapist)
Markhors (formerly Wolves) – Misbah-ul-Haq (mentor), Qasim Ali Paracha (manager), Ijaz Ahmed Jnr (head coach), Khurram Shehzad (batting coach), Mohammad Salman (fielding coach), Muhammad Shahid (masseur), Nabeel Pace (analyst), Saeed Ajmal (spin bowling coach), Samiullah Niazi (fast bowling coach), Syed Mohammad Asad (physiotherapist) and Yasir Malik (strength & conditioning coach)
Panthers – Panthers – Saqlain Mashtaq (mentor), Sharjeel Khurram Bhatti (manager), Umar Rasheed (head coach), Imran Farhat (batting coach), Javed Sheikh (strength and conditioning coach), Mohtashim Rasheed (fielding coach), Mohammad Ibrahim (analyst), Muhammad Ehsan (masseur), Tahir (physiotherapist), Zafar Iqbal (fast bowling coach) and Zulfiqar Babar (spin bowling coach)
Stallions – Shoaib Malik (mentor), Mohammad Ali Shahzad (manager), Mansoor Amjad (head coach), Abdur Rehman (spin bowling coach), Bilal Munir (strength & conditioning coach), Faisal Naveed (batting coach), Hafiz Majid (fielding coach), Mohammad Ahsan Ehsan (analyst), Mohammad Mustaqeem (masseur), Tanvir (physiotherapist) and Umaid Asif (fast bowling coach)
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