National T20 Cup 2026 Squads and Schedule

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The National T20 Cup 2026 will run from March 7 to March 18, with 10 teams competing in two groups of five. Pakistan’s most iconic T20 tournament will feature its 22nd edition, and all matches will be played in the Imran Khan Stadium in Peshawar. Here are the National T20 Cup 2026 Squads and Schedule.

Before the tournament, the Qualifiers took place, where 10 teams participated to battle for the two spots. Bahawalpur and Karachi Blues emerged victorious as they sealed their deal for the main event.

Group A includes Lahore Whites, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Karachi Whites and Bahawalpur. Group B consists of defending champions Lahore Blues, Sialkot, Multan, Abbottabad and Karachi Blues. The top two teams from each Group will qualify for the semi-finals.

The Group Stage of the tournament will run from March 7 to March 16, with each day featuring two matches. The first match will start at 4:15 pm PKT and the second game at 9:15 pm PKT. The Knock-out matches will be played on March 17 and 18, with both Semi Finals are taking place on March 17.

Lahore Blues are the defending champions, having won the previous event against Peshawar by 9 wickets.

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National T20 Cup 2026 Squads – Group A

Lahore Whites

1. Aamir Jamal (captain)
2. Ahmed Daniyal, Ali Raza
3. Ali Shahid Butt, Babar Azam, Farhan Yousuf (U21)
4. Imran Dogar
5. Junaid Ali (wk)
6. Kamran Afzal
7. Mohammad Faiq
8. Muhammad Akhlaq
9. Mohammad Mohsin
10. Mohammad Rameez Jnr
11. Muhammad Saleem
12. Mohammad Salman
13. Naseem Shah
14. Samama Riaz
15. Tayyab Tahir
16. Ubaid Shah

Reserves: Hamza Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Arsalan (U21), Usama Tariq, Zahid Khan, Zian Bin Farooq (wk)

Peshawar

1. Iftikhar Ahmed (captain)
2. Ahmed Hussain (U21)
3. Azam Khan
4. Ihsanullah
5. Israrullah
6. Mohammad Abbas Afridi
7. Mohammad Haris (wk)
8. Mohammad Nawaz (Guest)
9. Mohammad Shoaib (U21)
10. Mohammad Imran Jnr
11. Nabi Gul
12. Sajid Khan
13. Usman Tariq
14. Waqar Ahmed
15. Yasir Khan

Reserves: Nizar Ali, Muhammad Amir Khan, Abuzar Tariq, Muhammad Amir Barki

Faisalabad

1. Muhammad Irfan Khan (captain)
2. Ahmad Safi Abdullah
3. Afaq Afridi (Guest)
4. Asif Ali
5. Asim Ali Nasir (wk)
6. Atiq-ur-Rehman
7. Daniyal Ali Khan (U21)
8. Faham-ul-Haq (U21)
9. Khurram Shahzad
10. Mohammad Faizan
11. Mohammad Zeeshan (U21)
12. Momin Qamar (U21)
13. Mubasir Khan (Guest)
14. Muhammad Awais Zafar
15. Zaman Khan (Guest)

Reserves: Mudassir Zunair, Ali Shan, Ali Asfand, Taimur Sultan, Shehzad Gul

Karachi Whites

1. Saud Shakeel (captain)
2. Abdullah Fazal
3. Arif Yaqoob
4. Danish Aziz
5. Haroon Arshad (U21)
6. Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk)
7. Mohammad Asghar
8. Muhammad Hamza Sohail
9. Muhammad Umar
10. Omair Bin Yousuf
11. Rizwanullah
12. Saifullah Bangash (wk)
13. Saim Ayub
14. Saqib Khan
15. Shan Masood

Reserves: Asadullah Hamza, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Sohail Khan (wk), Mir Hamza, Huzaifa Ahsan

Bahawalpur

1. Muhammad Imran (captain)
2. Ali Shabbir (U21)
3. Daniyal Hussain Rajput (Guest)
4. Mohammad Faizan Zafar
5. Haider Ali (Guest)
6. Hasnain Majid (U21)
7. Khaqan Basheer
8. Mohammad Akram (wk)
9. Mohammad Azab
10. Mohammad Basit
11. Mohammad Junaid
12. Muhammad Sarwar Afridi (Guest)
13. Mohammad Sudais
14. Mohammad Umair
15. Saad Khan (Guest)

Reserves: Ali Hamza Waseem, Aoun Shahzad, Mohammad Faizan (U21), Amjad Ali, Gulfam Aziz

National T20 Cup 2026 Squads – Group B

Lahore Blues

1. Saad Nasim (captain)
2. Abdullah Asif (U21)
3. Ahmed Bashir
4. Ali Hassan Baloch (U21)
5. Ali Razzaq
6. Asadullah
7. Attyab Ahmed
8. Hamza Zahoor (wk)
9. Hunain Shah
10. Imran Butt
11. Mohammad Rizwan
12. Nisar Ahmed
13. Qasim Akram
14. Shahid Aziz (Guest)
15. Umar Siddiq

Reserves: Hammad Butt, Shahrukh Ali, Khawaja Mohammad Abdullah (wk), Mohammad Ahsan, Abubakar (U21)

Sialkot

1. Usama Mir (captain)
2. Abdullah Shafique
3. Ahmad Hassan
4. Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti
5. Ali Afzal (wk)
6. Athar Mehmood
7. Azan Awais
8. Hamza Nazar
9. Hasan Nawaz
10. Khawaja Arham
11. Mirza Tahir Baig
12. Mohsin Riaz (wk)
13. Mohammad Ali
14. Saeed Ali
15. Shoaib Akhtar Jnr
16. Sufyan Moqim
17. Tayyab Arif

Reserves: Aashir Mehmood, Mohammad Hurraira, Shahzad Bhatti, Abdul Subhan, Awais Ali, Afzaal Manzoor

Multan

1. Imam-ul-Haq (captain)
2. Aamir Yamin
3. Ali Majid
4. Ali Usman
5. Arafat Minhas
6. Bismillah Khan (Guest, wk)
7. Hasan Hafeez
8. Mohammad Ismail (U21)
9. Mohammad Naeem (Guest)
10. Muhammad Shahzad
11. Moheer Saeed
12. Sameer Minhas
13. Sharoon Siraj
14. Sirajuddin
15. Waseem Akram Jnr
16. Zain Abbas

Reserves: Uzair Mumtaz, Abdul Wahab (U21), Mohammad Shan (U21), Saim Ayaz, Alam Zaib Khan (wk)

Abbottabad

1. Khalid Usman (captain)
2. Afaq Ahmed
3. Ahmed Khan
4. Arshad Iqbal
5. Atizaz Habib Khan
6. Fayyaz Khan
7. Kamran Ghulam
8. Khushdil Shah (Guest)
9. Mohammad Mohsin Khan
10. Razaullah
11. Sajjad Ali (wk)
12. Shadab Khan (Guest)
13. Shahab Khan
14. Shahzaib Khan (U21)

Reserves: Hamid Ali, Adil Naz, Fakhar Zaman, Afaq Khan, Riazullah (U21)

Karachi Blues

1. Rameez Aziz (captain)
2. Ahsan Ali
3. Asad Akhtar
4. Jahandad Khan (Guest)
5. Jahanzaib Sultan
6. Khalil Ahmed (Guest)
7. Mehran Mumtaz (Guest)
8. Mohammad Taha
9. Muhammad Usman Raheem
10. Rehman Ghani
11. Saad Baig (wk)
12. Shahnawaz Dahani (Guest)
13. Syed Shah Raza Naqvi
14. Usman Khan
15. Wahaj Riaz

Reserves: Aarish Ali Khan, Raza Chandio, Mohammad Makki, Niqab Shafiq, Huzaifa Munir

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