• Usman Qadir and Umar Akmal arrive in Quetta ahead of exhibition game.
• Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators slated for February 5 at Bugti Stadium.
• Match will be played in the lead-up to Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8.

Usman Qadir of Peshawar Zalmi and Umar Akmal of Quetta Gladiators arrived here on Friday to take part in the eagerly anticipated exhibition game slated for February 5 at Bugti Stadium.

Peshawar and Quetta will play an exhibition match in the lead-up to Pakistan Super League (PSL) season 8, which is anticipated to pave the way for top-tier cricket in Baluchistan.

The players have begun to arrive, and the preparations are well underway.

For this thrilling competition, Akmal and Qadir were the first to arrive in Quetta. The cricketers were joined in Quetta by match referee Ali Naqvi, umpire Aleem Dar, and Ahsan Raza.

The remaining squads will show up tonight and tomorrow in various waves.

This game will include a number of A-list athletes, including Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shahid Afridi, Babar Azam, and Wahab Riaz.

Babar will captain Peshawar, while Sarfaraz will captain Quetta. The game will begin at 11:00.

This game will be broadcast live on PTV Sports.

Squads:

Peshawar Zalmi: Babar Azam (c), Danish Aziz, Saim Ayub, Haider Ali, Usama Mir, Usman Qadir, Aamer Jamal, Haseebullah Khan, Sufyan Muqeem and Azam Khan, Salman Irshad, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Shahid Afridi

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Umar Akmal, Bismillah Khan, Saud Shakeel, Umaid Asif, Abdul Wahid Banglazai, Aimal Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Omair Bin Yousuf, Mohammad Nawaz, Ahsan Ali

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