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Delhi elect to bat against Pakistan’s champion team

By IANS,

New Delhi : Delhi captain Virender Sehwag won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan’s champion cricket team Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) in the Mohammed Nissar Trophy at the Feroze Shah Kotla here Monday.

The four-day match is the annual fixture between the national champions of the two countries since 2006. SNGPL led by Mohammed Hafeez will try to be the first Pakistan team to win the title. Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai were the winners in the past two editions.

Teams:

Delhi: Virender Sehwag (captain), Akash Chopra, Mayank Tehlan, Mithun Manhas, Virat Kohli, Rajat Bhatia, Puneet Bisht (wicketkeeper), Pradeep Sangwan, Ashish Nehra, Chetanya Nanda and Ishant Sharma

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Ali, Imran Ali, Adil Raza, Adnan Akmal (wicketkeeper), Umar Akmal, Yasir Arafat, Azhar Shafiq, Khurram Shehzad, Imran Khalid

Umpires: S.A Asani and U.L. Dubey
Match Referee: A.K. Sharma