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| | GEO Sports | | National Twenty20 Cup Tourney begins Monday in Lahore | Updated at: 1356 PST, Sunday, May 24, 2009
 LAHORE: All 15 members of Pakistan's team for the World Twenty20 have confirmed their participation in next week's the RBS Twenty20 Cup. The five-day 13-team domestic tournament kicks off on May 25 in Lahore.
Geo Super will telecast live all the matches played in Qaddafi Stadium.
Twenty20 Cup continuing until May 29 will be participated by eleven regions’ thirteen teams divided into four groups. Five matches will be played on the first day. Faisalabad Wolf vs. Quetta Bears and Lahore Eagles vs. Abbotabad Rhinos will be played at LCC Ground.
In Qaddafi stadium, Karachi Zebra will play against Sialkot Stalions, Lahore Lions against Rawalpindi Rams and Islamabad Leopards against Peshawar Panthers.
Shoaib Malik will lead the defending champions Sialkot Stallions and Pakistan captain Younis Khan is in charge of Peshawar Panthers.
The popular Twenty20 tournament will have 18 matches, and has a prize money of 4.44m rupees (approx US $55,000), and will help fine-tune Pakistan's preparations for the World Twenty20 in England next month.
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