Domestic, international cricketers begin training at NHPC.

LAHORE -- Top-performing domestic cricketers, along with the international cricketers, began their training at the National High Performance Centre, here on Monday under the watchful eyes of the NHPC coaches and the members of the coaching staff of the national men's and Shaheens sides.

The camp has been designed to provide format-specific training to the players who are not part of the HBL Pakistan Super League 6 so they continue to train under competitive and professional surroundings.

On the first day of the camp, the players were divided into two groups - white ball and red ball - and underwent skill-based and fitness training.

The red-ball cricketers had net session in the morning, and fielding and fitness training in the evening. The white-ball players had their fielding and gym sessions in the morning and net session in the evening.

Saqlain Mushtaq, the head of international player development, is heading the camp. Mohammad Yousuf and Umar Rasheed are also working with the players in the camp. On the first training day, the players also received guidance from Misbah-ul-Haq and Ijaz Ahmed.

Saqlain and Yousuf, the two NHPC coaches, and Test cricketers Mohammad Abbas and Nauman Ali spoke to pcb.com.pk on the first day of the camp.

Head of International Player Development, Saqlain Mushtaq, said: 'We are providing the best environment to these top-performing cricketers. These cricketers are full of potential and are the future of Pakistan. We are very excited to pass on our knowledge to these cricketers.

'These cricketers have a great opportunity to train under Ijaz Ahmed, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, myself and Umar Rasheed.'

NHPC batting coach, Mohammad Yousuf, said: 'Every player requires...