Pakistan’s home T20 event, the National T20 Cup, began on March 7. Here’s all the pieces you have to know concerning the 2026 season of the competitors.
A complete of 10 groups have been divided into two teams of 5 for the National T20 Cup. The teams will comply with a round-robin format, after which the highest two groups from every group will qualify for the semi-finals. Lahore Blues are the defending champions, having received the 2025 version by defeating Peshawar within the ultimate.
Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: What are the teams?
Group A: Lahore Region Whites, Peshawar Region, Faisalabad Region, Karachi Region Whites, Bahawalpur Region
Group B: Abbottabad Region, Multan Region, Sialkot Region, Karachi Region Blues, Lahore Region Blues
Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: Full Schedule
The event began on March 7, and the ultimate is scheduled to be performed on March 18. Two matches have been scheduled for every day, with the first one to begin at 4.15 pm native time (11.15 am GMT), whereas the second begins at 9.15 native time (4.15 pm GMT).
The two semi-finals can even be performed on the identical day (March 17) and can comply with related timings. The ultimate, nonetheless, has been scheduled to begin at 8 pm native time (3 pm GMT). All the video games shall be performed on the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar. Here’s the total schedule:
March 7
Peshawar vs Lahore W
Faisalabad vs Karachi W
March 8
Multan vs Abbottabad
Karachi B vs Sialkot
March 9
Bahawalpur vs Karachi W
Faisalabad vs Lahore W
March 10
Abbottabad vs Karachi B
Lahore B vs Multan
March 11
Bahawalpur vs Faisalabad
Karachi W vs Peshawar
March 12
Lahore B vs Sialkot
Karachi B vs Multan
March 13
Faisalabad vs Peshawar
Bahawalpur vs Lahore W
March 14
Abbottabad vs Sialkot
Karachi B vs Lahore B
March 15
Karachi W vs Lahore W
Bahawalpur vs Peshawar
March 16
Abbottabad vs Lahore B
Multan vs Sialkot
March 17
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
March 18
Final
Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: Live rating of at the moment’s matches
March 11, 2026
Bahawalpur vs Faisalabad
Karachi W vs Peshawar
Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: Where to look at
Where to look at in Pakistan
Live motion from all 23 video games shall be broadcast on Geo Super, A Sports, PTV Sports, PTV National and Fast Sports. Fans may also dwell stream all of the matches on Tapmad.
Where to look at in the remainder of the world
Fans from world wide can watch the dwell stream of all 23 video games on PCB’s official YouTube channel.
Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026 Squads
Abbottabad
Khalid Usman (c), Afaq Ahmed, Ahmed Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Atizaz Habib Khan, Fayyaz Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khushdil Shah (Guest), Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Razaullah, Sajjad Ali (wk), Shadab Khan (Guest), Shahab Khan and Shahzaib Khan (U21).
Reserves: Hamid Ali, Adil Naz, Fakhar Zaman, Afaq Khan, Riazullah (U21).
Bahawalpur
Muhammad Imran (c), Ali Shabbir (U21), Daniyal Hussain Rajput (Guest), Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Haider Ali (Guest), Hasnain Majid (U21), Khaqan Basheer, Mohammad Akram (wk), Mohammad Azab, Mohammad Basit, Mohammad Junaid, Muhammad Sarwar Afridi (Guest), Mohammad Sudais, Mohammad Umair and Saad Khan (Guest).
Reserves: Ali Hamza Waseem, Aoun Shahzad, Mohammad Faizan (U21), Amjad Ali, Gulfam Aziz.
Faisalabad
Muhammad Irfan Khan (c), Ahmad Safi Abdullah, Afaq Afridi (Guest), Asif Ali, Asim Ali Nasir (wk), Atiq-ur-Rehman, Daniyal Ali Khan (U21), Faham-ul-Haq (U21), Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Zeeshan (U21), Momin Qamar (U21), Mubasir Khan (Guest), Muhammad Awais Zafar and Zaman Khan (Guest).
Reserves: Mudassir Zunair, Ali Shan, Ali Asfand, Taimur Sultan, Shehzad Gul.
Karachi Whites
Saud Shakeel (c), Abdullah Fazal, Arif Yaqoob, Danish Aziz, Haroon Arshad (U21), Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Asghar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Umar, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rizwanullah, Saifullah Bangash (wk), Saim Ayub, Saqib Khan and Shan Masood.
Reserves: Asadullah Hamza, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Sohail Khan (wk), Mir Hamza, Huzaifa Ahsan.
Karachi Blues
Rameez Aziz (c), Ahsan Ali, Asad Akhtar, Jahandad Khan (Guest), Jahanzaib Sultan, Khalil Ahmed (Guest), Mehran Mumtaz (Guest), Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Usman Raheem, Rehman Ghani, Saad Baig (wk), Shahnawaz Dahani (Guest), Syed Shah Raza Naqvi, Usman Khan and Wahaj Riaz.
Reserves: Aarish Ali Khan, Raza Chandio, Mohammad Makki, Niqab Shafiq, Huzaifa Munir.
Lahore Blues
Saad Nasim (c), Abdullah Asif (U21), Ahmed Bashir, Ali Hassan Baloch (U21), Ali Razzaq, Asadullah, Attyab Ahmed, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Hunain Shah, Imran Butt, Mohammad Rizwan, Nisar Ahmed, Qasim Akram, Shahid Aziz (Guest) and Umar Siddiq.
Reserves: Hammad Butt, Shahrukh Ali, Khawaja Mohammad Abdullah (wk), Mohammad Ahsan, Abubakar (U21).
Lahore Whites
Aamir Jamal (c), Ahmed Daniyal, Ali Raza, Ali Shahid Butt, Babar Azam, Farhan Yousuf (U21), Imran Dogar, Junaid Ali (wk), Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Faiq, Muhammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Muhammad Saleem, Mohammad Salman, Naseem Shah, Samama Riaz, Tayyab Tahir and Ubaid Shah.
Reserves: Hamza Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Arsalan (U21), Usama Tariq, Zahid Khan, Zian Bin Farooq (wk).
Multan
Imam-ul-Haq (c), Aamir Yamin, Ali Majid, Ali Usman, Arafat Minhas, Bismillah Khan (Guest, wk), Hasan Hafeez, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Mohammad Naeem (Guest), Muhammad Shahzad, Moheer Saeed, Sameer Minhas, Sharoon Siraj, Sirajuddin, Waseem Akram Jnr and Zain Abbas.
Reserves: Uzair Mumtaz, Abdul Wahab (U21), Mohammad Shan (U21), Saim Ayaz, Alam Zaib Khan (wk).
Peshawar
Iftikhar Ahmed (c), Ahmed Hussain (U21), Azam Khan, Ihsanullah, Israrullah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Nawaz (Guest), Mohammad Shoaib (U21), Mohammad Imran Jnr, Nabi Gul, Sajid Khan, Usman Tariq, Waqar Ahmed and Yasir Khan.
Reserves: Nizar Ali, Muhammad Amir Khan, Abuzar Tariq, Muhammad Amir Barki.
Sialkot
Usama Mir (c), Abdullah Shafique, Ahmad Hassan, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Ali Afzal (wk), Athar Mehmood, Azan Awais, Hamza Nazar, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Arham, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohsin Riaz (wk), Mohammad Ali, Saeed Ali, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr, Sufyan Moqim, and Tayyab Arif.
Reserves: Aashir Mehmood, Mohammad Hurraira, Shahzad Bhatti, Abdul Subhan, Awais Ali, Afzaal Manzoor.
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