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The Qatar team, led by Inam-Ul Haq, left here on Wednesday for Kuwait to contest in the Asian sub-regional qualifiers for the 2020 ICC World Twenty20 qualification event.
The 18-member squad has 14 players, Head of Delegation Eisa Yaqoub al Yaqoub, Team Manager Gul Khan Jadoon, Coach Simon Gough and Physio Mohammad Jahangir.
The twelve players who will represent Qatar are: Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim, Iqbal Hussain, Chaudhry, Kamran Khan, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Awais Malik, Mohammed Rizlan, Noman Sarwar, Qalandar Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Tanveer, Faisal Javed Khan and Gayan Buddika.
Team Manager Jadoon said,"We're going to Kuwait with the best possible team. The players are in good shape due to their participation in the just-concluded Qatar Airways T20 and ongoing Qatar Cricket League. We're determined to do the job.
"Our main aim is to play hard game and try to qualify for the next stage. The opponent teams are strong as well. We're playing the first match against the UAE. It is a tough match and it will set the ball rolling for our rest of the campaign. We've confidence in our team and talented players. We'll take one match at a time and let us see how we fare there," Jadoon added.
The seven-team qualifiers, cohosted by Qatar and Kuwait, will start on April 20 and the opening day pits Kuwait against the Maldives, Qatar against the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia against Bahrain.
Nepal is later hosting the second Asian sub-regional qualifiers, involving Singapore, Malaysia, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Thailand.
Twelve regional qualifiers are being held by the International Cricket Council (ICC), with 61 teams competing during 2018 in five regions Africa (3 groups), Americas (2), Asia (2), East Asia Pacific (2) and Europe (3).
The top 26 sides from these will then contest five regional finals in 2019, with seven and hosts then going on to compete in the 14-team 2020 qualifiers with Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Scotland, Ireland, Oman and Zimbabwe. From this event, six will advance to the World Championships in Australia and will play against the top 10 ICC T20 ranked teams.
The squad
Inam-Ul-Haq (Captain), Tamoor Sajjad (Vice-Captain), Zaheeruddeen Ibrahim, Iqbal Hussain Chaudhry, Kamran Khan, Muhammad Nadeem, Muhammad Awais Malik, Mohammed Rizlan, Noman Sarwar, Qalandar Khan, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Tanveer, Faisal Javed Khan, Gayan Buddika.
Officials: Eisa Yaqoub al Yaqoub (Head of Delegation), Gul Mohammad Khan Jadoon (Team Manager), Simon Gough (Coach), and Mohammad Jahangir (Physio).
Fixtures
April 20: Kuwait vs Maldives; Qatar vs United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia vs Bahrain
April 21: Kuwait vs Qatar; Maldives vs Bahrain; Saudi Arabia vs United Arab Emirates
April 23: Maldives vs Qatar; Bahrain vs United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia vs Kuwait
April 24: Maldives vs United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia vs Kuwait; Kuwait vs Bahrain
April 26: Kuwait vs United Arab Emirates; Bahrain vs Qatar; Saudi Arabia vs Maldives.
