ISLAMABAD – Pakistan cricket team will land today in the United ArabEmirates (UAE) at the Dubai Airport for participating in the Asia Cup 2018.

The 16 member squad under the leadership of Sarafaz Ahmed along with otherofficial representatives will depart from Allama Iqbal InternationalAirport Lahore.

The squad includes:

– Sarfaraz Ahmed (c & wk), – Fakhar Zaman, – Imam-ul-Haq, – Shan Masood, – Haris Sohail, – Babar Azam, – Shoaib Malik, – Asif Ali, – Mohammad Nawaz, – Shadab Khan, – Fahim Ashraf, – Mohammad Amir, – Junaid Khan, – Shaheen Shah Afridi, – Hassan Ali, – Usman Khan Shinwari.

Pakistan will play its first match against Hong Kong, which qualified forthe tournament by beating UAE in Asia Cup Qualifiers, on September 16.

Pakistan’s group includes India and Hong Kong, while the other groupfeatures Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afganistan.——————————

The tournament will begin from September 15 with a match between Sri Lankaand Bangladesh at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan will be playing its toughest match of the year against India onSeptember 19 and all cricketing fans would be glued to the televisionscreen once the match begins. The top two teams from each pool will qualifyfor the semi-finals.