Domestic Twenty20 champions, city Lions, ar set to participate within the Champions League once the Indian government finally issued the Pakistani facet their visas.
Lahore Lions, World Health Organization ar diode by former West Pakistan T20 captain Mahomet Hafeez and have Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz and Ahmed Shehzad in their ranks, can depart for India on Sep nine, ESPNCricinfo reportable.
They will battle Mumbai Indians (September 13) within the gap match of the qualifying spherical. Sri Lanka's Southern categorical and New Zealand's Northern Districts in Raipur, Chhattisgarh ar the opposite groups within the cluster.
"We ar outbound confidently," Hafeez aforementioned.
"We all shrewdness necessary the primary stage is therefore we have a tendency to ar that specialize in qualifying for consequent spherical. We, as a team, are enjoying thereforeme exciting cricket within the last 2 years and therefore the squad has gutsy players from our domestic circuit so we've got the power to fight at the highest level."
Hafeez conjointly hoped his team's participation within the event can unfold goodwill.
"We ar going there with a message of affection and that i shrewdness abundant they love West Pakistan and its cricketers. Our aim isn't solely to play smart cricket however conjointly to play well to do the sector."
The Lions are going to be the third team from West Pakistan to require half within the Champions League once metropolis participated within the event last year and Sialkot Stallions competed within the 2012 tournament in South Africa.
A team from {pakistan|Pakistan|Islamic Republic of West Pakistan|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} had been invited for the primary edition in 2008 however that tournament was delayed as a result of the fear attacks in India and no any invite was issued to Pakistan till 2012.
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