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Wasim Akram XI will play Shoaib Akhtar XI on the opening day of the first Twin City Cricket Academy Under-15 championship starting Tuesday at Rawalpindi Stadium.

The matches will be limited to 20-over-a-side because of Ramazan.

The promising boys from Rawalpindi and Islamabad have been divided into six teams that have been named after the greats of the game.

"We are proud to be staging this tournament with the specific aim of promoting cricket at the grassroots level," president of the academy said.

Teams: Wasim Akram XI- Zohaib Ahmed (captain), Sajid Ali, Tahir Manzoor, Muhammad Junaid, Kamran Shah, Ahmed Bilal, Mehtab AHmed, Muhammad Asif, Hasan Shah, Muhammad Saleem, Awais Ashraf and Kamran Malik.

Shoaib Akhtar XI: Zahid Mansoor (captain), Adeem Arif, Syed Qamar Abbas, Anis Rehman, Rizwan Ahmed, Hasan Ali Khan, Taimoor Sohail, Mansoor Afzal, Adil Hasan, Asif Ahmed, Sohail Aurangzeb and Shahid Khan.

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