Veteran Pakistan all-round Mohammad Hafeez and pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi have joined Khyber Pakhtunkhwa first XI squad in Multan and had a lengthy net session ahead for National T20 Cup.

The team will face the defending champions Northern in the opening match of their campaign in September 30.

Ahead of the highly anticipated clash, the team had a lengthy training and net session at the Multan Cricket Stadium, where the first phase of the tournament is scheduled to be played.

KP First XI Squad: Mohammad Rizwan (captain, wicketkeeper), Junaid Khan (vice-captain), Arshad Iqbal, Asif Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imran Khan Snr, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Mohsin, Sahibzada Farhan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Usman Khan Shinwari, Wahab Riaz and Zohaib Khan.

Player Support Personnel - Farrukh Zaman (manager), Abdul Razzaq (head coach), Aftab Khan (assistant coach), Imranullah (trainer), Rehan Khalid (physio) and Waleed Ahmed (analyst).