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Personnel | |
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Captain | Irfan Ismail |
Coach | Abdul Rehman |
Team information | |
Colours | |
Founded | 2004 |
Dissolved | 2016 |
Home ground | Bugti Stadium |
Capacity | 20,000 |
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