Emirates Cricket Board have announced their 14-man squad ahead of the Emirates Airline Twenty20 tournament, which takes place later this month.

The UAE will be taking on English County Champions and defending Emirates Airline Twenty20 holders, Yorkshire, 2015 T20 Blast winners Lancashire and the MCC, whose team is captained by Ian Bell and also includes Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakarra.

The squad is as follows:

1 – Ahmed Raza
2 – Shaiman Anwar
3 – Swapnil Patel
4 – Amjad Javed
5 – Rohan Mustafa
6 – Rameez Shahzad
7 – Muhammad Usman
8 – Mohammad Ayaz
9 – Qadeer Ahmed
10 – Shabbir Ahmed
11 – Mohammad Shahzad
12 – Mohammad Naveed
13 – Mohammad Qasim
14 – Imran Haider

For more information on the tournament and to purchase tickets, click here.

The event takes place at the Sevens Stadium in Dubai on Friday March 18.