Dates for the first ever cricket tournament to be played on ice have been announced. The two-day star-studded event will begin on 8th February and end on 9th.
Shahid Afridi will captain the Royals XI while Virender Sehwag of India will be seen leading the Diamonds.
A lot of cricketing legends will take part in the matches that will be played on a frozen lake at St. Moritz Switzerland.
The cricket match will also follow a Black Tie Gala Dinner party involving Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Razzaq and many other renowned international cricket stars.
The Teams
Here are the teams that will go head-to-head in the two T20s to be played on the lake.
Royals
- Shahid Afridi (C)-(Pakistan)
- Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
- Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)
- Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
- Graeme Smith (South Africa)
- Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
- Nathan McCullum (New Zealanad)
- Grant Elliott (New Zealand)
- Monty Panesar (England)
- Owais Shah (England)
- Matt Prior (UK)
- Aidan Andrews (Switzerland)
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Diamonds
- Virender Sehwag (C)-(India)
- Zaheer Khan (India)
- Mohammad Kaif (India)
- Ajit Agarkar (India)
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
- Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka)
- Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka)
- Michael Hussey (Australia)
- Andrew Symonds (Australia)
- Mithun Manhas (India)
- Ramesh Powar (India)
- Rohan Jain (Switzerland)
The venue chosen for the match is a lake that freezes during winters and is home to many international sports events during this season.
For the cricket match, an artificial turf carpet has been laid over the iced lake to host the T20 matches.
The frozen lake in St. Moritz can withstand a weight of more than 200 tons.
I believe you want to write “shoaib akhtar” instead of “shoaib malik”. Please rectify your mistake and next time read your article thoroughly before publishing it so there won’t be any chance of error. :p
This match called another name (Muslim Captian Vs Kafir Captain) & the winner is Muslims:
We will cut the kafir’s balls.
No wonder islam is in danger in a 97% so called muslim c’untry called a;bakistan
F-off randian. Go lick some balls. Cow piss drinker.
Beef tastes goog here in Pakistan.
Will cut your ‘god’ cow and eat it. Fuc*ing endian.