Peshawar: The shiny trophy for the much-awaited National T20 Cup 2026 was unveiled at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium on Friday.
According to details, silverware was released by the captains of 10 teams namely Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Karachi Whites, Karachi Blues, Lahore Blues, Lahore Whites, Multan, Peshawar and Sialkot.
Following the release, the captains also posed with silverware from the 12-day tournament scheduled to take place from March 7 to 18.
The participating teams are divided into two groups of five, Group A comprises Lahore Whites, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Karachi Whites and Bahawalpur, while Group B comprises defending champions Lahore Blues, Sialkot, Multan, Abbottabad and Karachi Blues.
The domestic competition begins on Saturday with a double-header between Lahore Whites and Peshawar respectively, followed by Faisalabad and Karachi Whites respectively.
Karachi Blues and Bahawalpur secured their places at the main event by reaching the finals of the 10-team qualifier held in Lahore from February 14 to 24.
Bahawalpur topped their group with three wins from four matches and beat Karachi Blues by 59 runs in the final. Karachi Blues, meanwhile, won all four of their group matches but lost in the final.
Earlier today, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the commentary team for the National T20 Cup, which includes former cricketers Salman Butt and Aiman Anwar along with Ali Younis, Shah Faisal, Raja Azad and Imranullah.
groups
Abbottabad
Khalid Usman (captain), Afaq Ahmed, Ahmed Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Atizaz Habib Khan, Fayaz Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khushdil Shah (guest), Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Razaullah, Sajjad Ali (WK), Shatab Khan (guest), Shahab Khan (2 guest), Shahab Khan (2 guest).
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
Rameez Aziz (Captain), Ahsan Ali, Asad Akhtar, Jahandad Khan (Guest), Jahanzaib Sultan, Khalil Ahmed (Guest), Mehran Mumtaz (Guest), Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Usman Rahim, Rehman Ghani, Saad Baig (WK), Shahnawaz Rahsan (WK), Shahnawaz Rustan. Khan 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), Ahmed Daniel, Ali Raza, Ali Shahid Butt, Babar Azam, Farhan Yousuf (U21), Imran Dogar, Junaid Ali (VK), Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Shah, Mohammad Shalim, Mohammad Salleem, Mohammad Salleem, Mohammad Salleem, Mohammad Salleem, Samama Riaz, Dayab Tahir, and Ubaid Shah.
Subs: Hamza Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Arzalan (U21), Usama Tariq, Zahid Khan and Zian Bin Farooq (Week).
Multan
Imam-ul-Haq (capt), Amir Yamin, Ali Majid, Ali Usman, Arafat Minhas, Bismilla Khan (guest, wk), Hasan Hafeez, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Mohammad Naeem (guest), Muhammad Shahzad, Moheer Saeed, Sameer J Akshem, Sameer J. Zain Abbas.
Subs: Uzair Mumtaz, Abdul Wahab (U21), Mohammad Shan (U21), Saim Ayaz and Alam Saif Khan (Week).
Peshawar
Iftikhar Ahmed (captain), Ahmed Hussain (U21), Azam Khan, Ihsanullah, Israrullah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Harris (VK), Mohammad Nawaz (Guest), Mohammad Shoaib (U21), Mohammad Imran Jr, Samarji Khan, Uqman, Nabi 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 (v.k.), Athar Mehmood, Azaan Awais, Hamza Nasser, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Arham, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohsin Riaz (v.k.), Shop Ali, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Ali, J.), Sufyan Mokim and Dayab Arif.
Reserves: Ashir Mehmood, Mohammad Huraira, Shahjad Bhatti, Abdul Subhan, Awais Ali and Afzal Mansoor.
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