Introduction:
The National T20 Cup is a special cricket tournament in Pakistan that started in 2004. People love it because it’s exciting. The next one is from November 24 to December 10, 2023. Fans are really excited about it. There are 18 teams playing in four places: National Bank Stadium, UBL Bank Stadium, HPC Oval Ground, and NBP Sports Complex. This tournament will have really fun games and lots of action for cricket fans.
Teams:
The teams in this tournament are:
Group A: Lahore Whites, Peshawar, Karachi Blues, Larkana and Quetta
Group B: Lahore Blues, Karachi Whites, Islamabad, Hyderabad, and Dera Murad Jamali
Group C: Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur
Group D: Multan, Sialkot, FATA and AJK.
Squads:
The squads for all teams are:
- Lahore Whites: Tayyab Tahir, Ali Zaryab, Muhammad Akhlaq, Saad Khan, Saad Nasim, Umar Akmal, Ahmed Bashir, Ahmed Danival, Amir Khan, Mohammad Naveed, Muneeb Wasif, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Kamran Afzal.
- Rawalpindi: Abdul Fasseh, Nasir Nawaz, Rehman Khan, Umar Amin, Mubasir Khan, Zeeshan Malik, Umair Masood, Raza ul Mustafa, Sheraz Khan, Mohammad Faizan, Jahandad Khan, Mehran Mumtaz, Umer Khan, Haider Ali, Yasir Khan, Zaman Khan
- Karachi Whites: Ziaullah, Ammad Alam, Asad Shafiq, Omair Bin Yousuf, Khurram Manzoor, Danish Aziz, Azam Khan, Mohammad Hasan, Habibullah, Sohail Khan, Ghulam Mudassir, Aftab Ibrahim, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Ashir Qureshi, Arif Yaqoob
- Faisalabad: Mohammad Shehzad, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Abdul Samad, Abubakar Khan, Ali Shan, Taimoor Sultan, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Saleem, Waqas Maqsood, Sadaqat Ali, Asad Raza, Arham Nawab, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Asif Ali, Bilal Mehdi
- Sialkot: Mohammad Huraira, Bilal Asif, Usman Khalid, Shoaib Malik, Ammad Butt, Mirza Tahir Baig, Salman Khan, Ashir Mehmood, Zaki Shaz Khan, Mohammad Abbas, Sohaibullah Khan, Asad Ali, Hamza Nazar, Shoaib Akhtar
- Quetta:bismillah khan, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Jalat Khan, Gohar Faiz, Abdul Hanan, Najeebullah, Sved Zain Ullah, Mohammad Javed, Nadeem Ahmed, Salahuddin, Obaidullah, Sanaullah, Faheem Rasheed, Bakhtiar Shah, Bohir Aman
- Karachi Blues: Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Taha, Saifullah Bangash, Kashif Ali, Hasan Mohsin, Saqib Khan, Arish Ali Khan, Afnan Khan, Bahadur Ali, Abdur Rehman, Mohammad Asghar, Rumman Raees, Fazal Subhan, Syed Waleed Azeem, Arbaz Khan
- Hyderabad: Mohammad Suleman, Salman Khan, Tayyab Ali, Rizwan Mehmood, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Fardeen Sheikh, Rao Sajid, Akbar Khan, Mustafa Nasir, Asim Jutt, Jawad Ali, Asad Malik, Majid Asghar, Sher Afzal, Zulfiqar Ali
- AJK: Nadeem Khalil, Usman Maroof, Mohammad Haider, Naveed Malik, Syad Hasham Shah, Sved Faraz, Faizan Saleem, Basit Ali, Raja Farhan, Danival Allah Ditta, Amir Hamza, Usman Yousaf, Aqib Liaqat, Awias Akram, Mohammad Shehzad
- Abbottabad: Sajjad Ali, Afaq Ahmed, Anees Azam, Mohammad Arif, Yasir Shah, Khalid Usman, Aitizaz Habib Khan, Mehroz Rasheed, Israr Hussain, Fayaz Khan, Aqib Khan, Ahmed Khan, Adil Naz, Khayyam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Arshad Iqbal
- Multan: Zain Abbas, Haseebullah, Sharoon Siraj, Aamir Yamin, Muhammad Imran, Mohammad Shehzad, Sharjeel Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Mohammad Sadaqat, Tahir Hussain, Ali Usman, Zeeshan Ashraf, Sirajuddin, Faisal Akram, Ali Majid
- Peshawar: Sahibzada Farhan, Adil Amin, Israrulllah, Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat, Nabi Gul, Amir Azmat, Imran Khan Snr, Mohammad Imran, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Niaz Khan, Sajid Khan, Usman Tariq, Azam Khan, Mohammad Haris, Iftikhar Ahmed
- FATA: Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan Shinwari, Salman Khan, Kashif Noor, Azaz Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Riaz Khan, Rehan Afridi, Asif Afridi, Maaz Khan, Irfanullah Shah, Akif Javed, Shahid Aziz, Samiullah Jnr
- Islamabad: Rohail Nazir, Sarmad Bhatti, Ali Imran, Hassan Nawaz, Sudais Ulfat, Musa Khan, Mohammad Arham, Umair Afridi, Mohammad Arsal Sheikh, Mohammad Shavan Sheikh, Mohammad Hammad, Salman Khan, Hammad Siddique, Azan Tariq, Farmanullah Khan, Haris Rauf, Imad Wasim
- Lahore Blues: Imran Butt, Hussain Talat, Umar Siddiq, Rizwan Hussain, Nisar Ahmed, Junaid Ali, Shahwaiz Irfan, Mohammad Waheed, Hunain Shah, Umaid Asif, Asfand Mehran, Kashif Bhatti, Salman Irshad, Qasim Akram, Hashim Ibraheem
- Bahawalpur: Ali Imran, Mohammad Sudais, Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Mohammad Wasim Bhatti, Mohammad Shahrivar, Abdul Hadi, Mohammad Naveed Yousaf, Aun Shehzad, Mohammad Shahid Mirani, Husnain Majid, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Asif Ali, Mohammad Adeel Ur Rehman, Shayan Khalil, Syed Khurram Ali Shah
- DM Jamali: Usama Khalil, Zubair Khan Mengal, Mohammad Deen, Mohammad Avaz, Abdul Rauf, Shoaib Ahmed, Fahad Hussain, Hidayatullah, Saleem Mal, Zahoor Ahmed, Mohammad Shahid, Mohammad Ikram, Aftab Ahmed
- Larkana: Umar Khalid, Israr-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aqeel Danish, Ghulam Raza Mahar, Mohsin Ali, Mohsin Raza, Sabit Ali, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro, Imtiaz Ali, Asif Ali Jnr, Ali Haider, Faraz Aziz, Ali Asghar, Mehrooz Ali, Mohammad Umar, Zahid Mehmood
Live streaming:
Watch all the exciting National T20 Cup matches live on ARY ZAP and PTV Sports, and guess what? No tickets are needed – it’s free entry for all fans! Join in to experience the matches and soak in the cricket excitement.
Schedule:
The group stage runs from November 24 to November 30, featuring doubleheaders at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM PKT.
Then, get ready for the Super Eight stage starting on December 1, where the top 2 teams from each group advance. Things heat up as the top 4 teams move on to the semi-finals on November 9, leading up to the grand finale on December 10.
The full schedule is here.
Prize money:
And here’s the thrilling part – there’s a big prize at stake! The winning team bags a massive 5 million PKR, while the runners-up go home with 2.5 million PKR.
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