Lahore: Sarfaraz Ahmed former Pakistan captain, has been confirmed as mentor of one of teams in upcoming Champions Cup.

Other than the former skipper, veteran cricketers such as Saqlain Mushtaq, Misbah-ul-Haq, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Malik have also been confirmed to mentor other sides in the tournament on three-year contracts following a transparent and robust process of recruitment.

Meanwhile, the names of the five teams and their squads are yet to be confirmed and will be unveiled in due course.

The first assignment of the mentors in the Pakistan Cricket Board Domestic Cricket Season 2024-25 will be the Champions One-Day Cup, which will be held at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad from September 12 to 29.

The best crop of cricketers from the country will feature in the single-league competition that will also serve as the homecoming of men's seniors' competitive cricket in Faisalabad after nearly two years. The last domestic men's 50-over match played at the Iqbal Stadium was in March 2022 between Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.