The inaugural edition of the UAE Friendship Cup began in Sharjah on Saturday, March 5. The event features retired players from all around the world and Bollywood stars competing against each ♛other.
The four-team tournament is being played in a round-robin format, and will finish in♓ three days. Each team will get 10 overs to bat (until all out) in each innings.
All games are scheduled at🍷 the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Squads:
India Legends
Mohammad Azharuddin, Ajꦓay Jadeja, Venkatesh Prasad, Nayan Mongia, Vinod Kambli, W V Raman, Ajay Sharma, Rajesh Chauhan, Nikhil Chopra, Sanjay Bangar, Sanjay Manjrﷺekar, 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, Abdu𒅌r Rehman
World 11 Legends
𝕴Abdur 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); Grae꧂me Cremer, Brendan Taylor, Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)
Bollywood Kings
Suniel Shetty, Sohail Khan, Aftab Shivdasani, Ritesh Deshmukh, Boby Deol, 𝐆Shabbir Ahluwalia, Saqib Saleem, Kunal Khemu, Sharad Kelkar, Vatsal Seth, Apoorva Lakhia, Varun Badola, Sameer Kochha𝔍r, Indraneil Sengupta, Kabir Sadanand, Raja Bherwani, Tushar Jalota, Sahil Chaudhary
UAE Friendship Cup 2022 – Fixtures and Match Timings:
Saturday, March 5
- India Legends vs World Legends 11, 6:30 PM (World Legends 11 won by 73 runs)
- Bollywood Kings vs Pakistan Legends, 8:15 PM (Pakistan Legends won by 43 runs)
Sunday, March 6
- India Legends vs Bollywood Kings, 6:30 PM
- World Legends 11 vs Pakistan Legends, 8:15 PM
- Bollywood Kings vs World Legends 11, 10:10 PM
Monday, March 7
- India Legends vs Pakistan Legends, 6:30 PM
- Final, 8:15 PM
Live Streaming details:
The 🧸UAE Friendship Cup 2022 will be streamed live✤ in India and its neighbouring countries on Fancode.