LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) 2026 National T20 Cup 2026 will begin on Saturday, March 7, with the semi-finals and final scheduled on March 17 and 18 respectively.
The tournament will feature 23 matches at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar, which previously hosted nine Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches in October and November 2025.
10 regional teams will compete in the tournament: Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Karachi Whites, Karachi Blues, Lahore Blues, Lahore Whites, Multan and Sialkot.
Ten regional teams will participate in the tournament namely Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Karachi Whites, Karachi Blues, Lahore Blues, Lahore Whites, Multan and Sialkot.
Teams have been divided into two groups with Group A consisting of Lahore Whites, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Karachi Whites and Bahawalpur, while Group B includes defending champions Lahore Blues, Sialkot, Multan, Abbottabad and Karachi Blues.
The top two teams in each division will advance to the semi-finals.
During the group stage, two matches will be played each day from March 7 to 16, with the first match at 4:15 PM PKT and the second match at 9:15 PM PKT. The finals will begin at 8:00 PM PKT, with the coin toss scheduled for 7:30 PM.
groups
Abbottabad
Khalid Usman (captain), Afaq Ahmed, Ahmed Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Atizaz Habib Khan, Fayaz Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khushdil Shah (guest), Mohammad Wasim Jr (guest), Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Razaullah, Sajjad Khanab, Shahub Khan (U21).
Subs: Hameed Ali, Adil Naas, Faqar Zaman, Afaq Khan and Riazullah (U21).
Bahawalpur
Muhammad Imran (Captain), Ali Shabir (U21), Daniel Hussain Rajput (Guest), Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Haider Ali (Guest), Hasnain Majid (U21), Khagan Basheer, Mohammad Akram (wk), Mohammad Asab, Mohammad G Basit, Mohammad G Basit, Mohammad G Basit Sudhais, Mohammad Umair and Saad Khan (Guest).
Subs: Ali Hamza Wasim, Aoun Shahzad, Mohammad Faizan (U21), Amjad Ali and Gulbam Aziz.
Faisalabad
Muhammad Irfan Khan (captain), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Afaq Afridi (guest), Asif Ali, Asim Ali Naseer (weekly), Atiq-ur-Rehman, Daniel Ali Khan (U21), Faham-ul-Haq (U21), Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Faizan (U1), Mohammad Faizan (U1), Muhammad Faizan (U2), Mubasir Khan (Guest), Muhammad Awais Zafar and Zaman Khan (Guest).
Reserves: Mudasir Sunair, Ali Shan, Ali Asfand, Taimur Sultan and Shehzad Gul.
Karachi whites
Saud Shakeel (capt), Abdullah Fazal, Arif Yaqoob, Danish Aziz, Haroon Arshad (U21), Khawaja Muhammad Nafe (VK), Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Umar, Umair bin Yusuf, Rizwanullah, Saibullah Shanootib, Saqim Aub Ghanim (and)
Reserves: Asadullah Hamza, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Sohail Khan (week), Mir Hamza and Husaifa Ahsan.
Karachi Blues
Muhammad Qazi Ghori (Captain/Week), Ahsan Ali, Asad Akhtar, Jahandad Khan (Guest), Jahanzaib Sultan, Khalil Ahmed (Guest), Mehran Mumtaz (Guest), Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Usman Rahim, Rameez Aziz, Rehman Khan (Sadna Khan), Shadna Khan. Syed Shah Raza Naqvi and Wahaj Riaz.
Reserves: Arish Ali Khan, Raza Sandio, Mohammad Maki, Niqab Shafiq and Hussaifa Muneer.
Lahore Blues
Saad Naseem (Captain), Abdullah Asif (U21), Ahmed Basheer, Ali Hasan Baloch (U21), Ali Razak, Asadullah, Atyab Ahmed, Hamza Zahoor (VK), Hunain Shah, Imran Butt, Mohammad Rizwan, Nisar Ahmed, Qasid Ahmed, S.G.
Subs: Hammad Butt, Shahrukh Ali, Khawaja Mohammad Abdullah (week), Mohammad Ahsan and Abubakar (U21).
Lahore whites
Amir Jamal (Captain), Ali Raza, Ali Shahid Butt, Farhan Yousuf (U21), Imran Dogar, Junaid Ali (VK), Kamran Afzal, Muhammad Faiq, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Mohsin, Muhammad Rameez Jr., Muhammad Saleem, Tabab Shah Riaz, Ubayat Shah Da Riaz.
Subs: Hamza Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Arzalan (U21), Usama Tariq, Zahid Khan and Zian Bin Farooq (Week).
Multan
Imam-ul-Haq (capt), Ameer Yamin, Ali Majid, Ali Usman, Bismilla Khan (guest, wk), Faisal Akram, Hasan Hafeez, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Mohammad Naeem (guest), Muhammad Shahzad, Moheer Saeed, Sharoon J, Akban Siraj, Siraj, Aximidine and Akram.
Subs: Uzair Mumtaz, Abdul Wahab (U21), Mohammad Shan (U21), Saim Ayaz and Alam Saif Khan (Week).
Peshawar
Mohammad Rizwan (capt, wk), Ahmed Hussain (U21), Azam Khan, Ihsanullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Israrullah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Harris (wk), Mohammad Shoaib (U21), Mohammad Imran Jr, Waqman Khan, Usji Gul, Waqman Gul, Yasir Khan.
Reserves: Nisar Ali, Muhammad Amir Khan, Abuzar Tariq and Muhammad Amir Bargi.
Sialkot
Usama Mir (capt), Abdullah Shafiq, Ahmad Hasan, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Ali Afzal (wk), Athar Mehmood, Azan Awais, Hamza Nasser, Khawaja Arham, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohsin Riaz (wk), Mohammad Ali, Saif Akhtar and Saif Ali.
Reserves: Ashir Mehmood, Mohammad Huraira, Shahjad Bhatti, Abdul Subhan, Awais Ali and Afzal Mansoor.
Note: Hasan Nawaz and Sufyan Moghim will join the team later.
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