India-Pakistan veterans' one-dayers from Oct. 17 (Oct 14 1997)

Tuesday, October 14, 1997

India-Pakistan veterans' one-dayers from Oct. 17

The Hindu

HYDERABAD, Oct. 13.

The cricket lovers of twin cities can have a fair glimpse of `golden oldies' when India and Pakistan clash in the first of the five-match, one-day series for the Zandu Balm Independence Cup for veterans at the floodlit Lal Bahadur Stadium here on October 17.

Mr P.R. Man Singh of Veteran Cricketers Association of Hyderabad said that all the matches would be 40-overs-each affairs with the one at Hyderabad being a day-and-night encounter. He said that the veterans series had been revived after a lapse of 10 years. ``We are planning to send the Indian veterans to Holland next summer and to South Africa next winter,'' he informed.

Mr. Man Singh said that some of the leading lights of Pakistan cricket like Asif Iqbal, Zaheer Abbas, who will lead the team, will be in action. He recalled the special affinity former Pakistan captain Asif Iqbal has with Hyderabad. ``Having been born and brought up here and also played for Pakistan in the South Zone match last in 1980, the `local' cricketer should be one of the crowdpullers,'' he observed.

The winners will be richer by Rs. 1 lakh and there will be man of the matches awards too with a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 and also for the best batsman. International umpire V.K. Ramaswamy and Parthasarathy of South Central Railway will be officiating in the match.

Mr. Man Singh said that the next four matches would be played in Cuttack on October 20, Ahmedabad on October 25, Bhopal on October 24 and Jaipur on October 27. ``In connection with the inaugural match, renowned Test Test cricketer and former BCCI official Polly Umrigar will be felicitated at a celebrity dinner on October 16,'' he revealed. Mr. Mahesh Parekh of Zandu Balm also spoke.

The Indian team will be led by Mohinder Amarnath. Sale of tickets with denominations ranging from Rs. 25 to Rs. 150 will begin at the Stadium from October 14.

The team:

India: Mohinder Amarnath (capt.), Syed Kirmani, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Madan Lal, K.Srikkanth, Yashpal Sharma, Chetan Sharma, Karsan Ghavri, Kiran More, Chandrakant Pandit, Raghuram Bhat, Suru Nayak. Manager: G.R. Visvanath.

Pakistan: Zaheer Abbas (capt.), Asif Iqbal, Mudassar Nazar, Taslim Arif, Mansoor Akthar, Sikandher Bhakt, Ejaz Fakhi, Tauseef Ahmed, Rashid Khan, Iqbal Sikander, Sayed Zahid Ahmed, Rizwan-ur- Zaman, Saleem Jaffar, Jalauddin, Shahid Mahboob. Manager: Sirajul-Islam Bukhari. - Our Sports Reporter

Source: The Hindu