LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed the schedule for the 18-team National T20 Cup 2025, set to commence on 14 March across three cities.
The domestic cricket tournament will feature 18 teams from 16 regions and will take place in three host cities: Faisalabad, Lahore, and Multan. A total of 39 matches will be played throughout the tournament.
The Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad is set to host 23 matches, including the tournament’s knockout rounds. In Lahore, matches will occur at both the Gaddafi Stadium and the LCCA Ground, while the Multan Cricket Stadium will accommodate eight games.
The board has announced a prize pot of PKR 9.4 million for National T20 Cup. The winning team will get five million while the runners-up will take PKR 2.5 million.
The 18 teams are divided into four groups: Karachi Region (Blues), Lahore Region (Whites), Larkana Region, Peshawar Region, and Quetta Region, all placed in Group A.
In Group B, defending champions Karachi Region (Whites) are placed alongside Bahawalpur Region, Dera Murad Jamali Region, Islamabad Region and Lahore Region (Blues).
In Group C, Abbottabad Region, Faisalabad Region, Hyderabad Region and Rawalpindi Region will go head-to-head, while Group D will see AJK Region, FATA Region, Multan Region and Sialkot Region play each other.
The two top teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals, which will be played at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad on 23 and 24 March.
The semi-finals of National T20 Cup will be staged on Wednesday, 26 March, followed by the final on 27 March, all at the same venue.
The double-header matches in Faisalabad, including the opening match between Karachi Whites and Islamabad Region, will begin at 7 p.m., while the second match on the same day will be played at 11 p.m.
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In Lahore and Multan, the action in the first match will get underway at 4.30 p.m., while the second match will begin at 9 p.m.
Squads for National T20 Cup
Abbottabad Region: Adil Naz, Afaq Ahmad, Ahmad Khan, Aitzaz Habib Khan, Aqib Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Fayyaz Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khalid Usman, Khayam Khan, Mohammad Arif, Sajjad Ali Hashmi, Shahab Khan, Shahzaib Khan and Yasir Shah
Reserve players:
Anees Azam, Israr Hussain, Mehroz Rasheed, Mohammad Adil and Riazullah
AJK Region: Aqib Liaqat, Awais Akram, Basit Ali, Faizan Saleem, Hassan Raza (Captain), Hussnain Nadeem, Mohammad Haider, Nadeem Khalil, Naveed Malik, Qazi Arbaqan, Rohan Qadri, Saad Asif, Salman Irshad, Usman Maroof and Zaman Khan
Reserve players:
Ibrar Ahmed, Moin pervaiz, Najam Naseer Kayani, Raja Farhan and Usman Yousaf
Bahawalpur Region: Muhammad Imran Randhawa (Captain), Ali Shabbir, Aun Shehzad, Hasnain Majid, Imran Khan Snr, Mehran Sanwal, Mohammad Akram, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Azab, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Shaharyar, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Sudais and Salahuddin
Reserve players:
Ali Umar, Gulfam Aziz, Khaqan Bashir, Muhammad Alamgir and Shayan Khalil
Dera Murad Jamali: Abubakar, Basit Ali, Dawood Khan, Fahad Hussain, Farhad Khan, Majid Ali, Mohammad Deen, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Uzair, Nasir Khan, Rasool Bakhsh, Shoaib Ahmed, Tariq Jameel, Yasir Hussain and Zahoor Ahmed
Faisalabad Region: Asif Ali (Captain), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Asfand, Ali Raza, Ali Shan, Ibtisam-ur-Rehman, Khurram Shehzad, Mohammad Awais Zafar, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Kashif, Mohammad Zeeshan, Momin Qamar, Raees Ahmed, Shehzad Gul and Taimur Sultan
Reserve players:
Asad Raza, Asim Ali Nasir, Arham Nawab, Atiq-ur-Rehman and Hammad Hamza
Fata Region: Asif Afridi (Captain), Afaq Ahmed, Azaz Khan, Ifranullah Shah, Khubaib Khalil, Maaz Khan, Mohammad Farooq, Mohammad Naeem, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Usman, Rehan Afridi, Salman Khan, Sameen Gul, Samiullah Jnr and Shahid Aziz
Reserve players:
Aimal Khan, Fazal-ur-Rehman, Khayal Man, Nisar Afridi and Sohaib Khan
Hyderabad Region: Akbar Khan, Fawad Ahmed, Jawad Ali Bhatti, Kashif Bhatti, Majid Asghar, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Saddam, Mohammad Waqar, Muhammad Azeem Ghumman, Mustafa Nasir, Noman Ali, Rizwan Mehmood, Saad Khan, Sharjeel Khan and Ubaidullah Khan
Reserve players:
Asad Malik, Fardeen, Haris Khan, Mohammad Huzaifa and Sheharyar Baloch
Islamabad Region: Ali Imran, Arsal Sheikh, Farmanullah Khan, Hammad Saddique, Kaleem Dil, Mohammad Umair Riaz, Musa Khan, Naseerullah Khan, Nusratullah, Raja Hamza Waheed, Rohail Nazir, Sarmad Bhatti, Shamyl Hussain, Shayan Sheikh and Umair Afridi
Reserve players:
Faizan Riaz, Mohammad Hammad Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Murtaza Jamal and Rizwan Ali
Karachi Region Blues: Abdullah Fazal, Aftab Ibrahim, Arish Ali Khan, Bahadur Ali, Fahad Amin, Huzaifa Munir, Jahanzaib Sultan, Kashif Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Rameez Aziz, Saifullah Bangash, Wahaj Riaz and Waleed Azeem
Reserve players:
Adeel Meo, Aftab Khan, Arbaz Khan, Naveed Ahmed Khan and Sahil Iqbal
Karachi Region Whites: Afnan Khan, Arif Yaqoob, Danish Aziz, Haroon Arshad, Khurram Manzoor, Khwaja Mohammad Nafay, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Taha, Mohammad Umar, Saad Baig, Saqib Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shan Masood and Sohail Khan
Reserve players:
Abdul Moiz, Ashiq Ali, Maaz Khurram Amin, Mohammad Tariq Khan and Sarfaraz Ahmed
Lahore Region Blues: Farhan Yousaf, Hammad Butt, Hunain Shah, Hussain Talat, Imran Butt, Junaid Ali, Mohammad Arsalan, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Zahid, Nisar Ahmed, Qasim Akram, Salman Mirza, Samama Riaz and Umar Siddiq
Reserve players:
Asfand Mehran, Hafiz Usman Nadeem, Hamid Liaqat, Intasar Ali and Khawaja Mohammad Abdullah
Lahore Region Whites: Ahmed Bashir, Ahmed Daniyal, Attayb Ahmed, Hassan Rizwan, Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Azeem, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Rameez. Mohammad Saleem, Mohammad Salman, Muhammad Akhlaq, Saad Nasim, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah and Zain Bin Farooq
Reserve Players:
Danish Butt, Imran Dogar, Mohammad Ahsan, Mohammad Waheed and Wasiullah
Larkana Region: Amir Ali Babar, Amir Ali Brohi, Aqeel Danish, Bilal Irshad, Ghulam Raza Mahar, Imtiaz Laghari, Mohsin Raza, Muhshtaq Ahmed, Sabit Ali, Sarfraz Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Shahzaib Ali, Shahzaib Aziz, Umar Khalid and Zahid Mehmood
Reserve players:
Asif Ali Chandio, Faraz Aziz, Hamesh Kumar, Mohammad Umar and Najaf Ali
Multan Region: Aamer Yamin, Ali Majid, Arfat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Humayun Altaf, Imam-ul-Haq, M Ismail Watto, Muhammad Shahzad, Sharoon Siraj, Tahir Hussain, Uzair Mumtaz, Waqar Hussain, Waseem Akram Jnr, Zain Abbas and Zeeshan Ashraf
Reserve players:
Ali Haider, Ali Usman, Huzaifa Ayub, Mohammad Sadaqat and Rao Irfan
Peshawar Region: Iftikhar Ahmed (Captain), Abubakkar, Adil Amin, Israrullah, Maaz Sadaqat, Moazzam Umar, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Zulkifal, Muhammad Amir Barki, Niaz Khan, Nizar Ali, Sahibzada Farhan, Usman Tariq and Waqar Ahmed
Reserve players:
Ahmed Khan, Gohar Ali, Hilal Khan, Mohsin Khan and Nabi Gul
Quetta Region: Abdul Hameed, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Bismillah khan, Bohar Aman, Ehsanullah, Haseebullah, Latifullah, Mohammad Ibrahim, Mohammad Idrees, Mohammad Junaid, Najeebullah, Sajid Khan, Shamraiz Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari and Yasir Khan
Reserve players:
Ikramullah, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Javed, Nizamuddin and Sohail Majeed
Rawalpindi Region: Aqib Shah, Atif Khan, Kashif Ali, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Awais Anwar, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Nabeel, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Raza-ul-Mustafa, Mubasir Khan, Nasir Nawaz, Saad Masood, Taimur Khan, Yasir Khan and Zeeshan Malik
Reserve players:
Abdul Faseeh, Ali Hasnain, Amir Hassan, Usman Khan and Ziad Khan
Sialkot Region: Abdullah Shafique, Afzaal Manzoor, Ahmed Hassan, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Amad Butt, Ashir Mehmood, Bilawal Bhatti, Hasan Ali, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohammad Huraira, Mohsin Riaz, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr, Shoaib Malik and Usama Mir
Reserve players:
Ali Shafique, Awais Ali, Ayaz Tasawar, Azan Awais and Shahzaib Bhatti
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