The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced squads and the schedule of the National Champions Cup to be played between August 11 and 18 at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan.
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LAHORE, Jul 27 (APP): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced squads and the schedule of the National Champions Cup to be played between August 11 and 18 at the Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan.
The 50-over List-A tournament marks the beginning of the 2026-27 domestic cricket season and will comprise four teams – Pakistan Greens, Pakistan Whites, Pakistan Blues and Pakistan Gold.
The tournament will be played on single-league round-robin basis with the top two contesting for the final on Tuesday, 18 August.
All the seven matches in the tournament will be day night with the first ball expected to be bowled at 3pm local time.
The national selection committee has announced set playing XIs for each team along with a tournament reserve pool of 13 players. Teams will field the announced 11 players and can pick from the reserve pool of 13 players only in the case of injury and concussion. The reserve players will accompany teams at training and on match-days.
Among the four captains of the teams are Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan. The 44 players and the reserve pool have been selected keeping in mind the preparations for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027 as the focus shifts on the mega-event.
Given below are the teams along with their coaches and tournament schedule:
Squads
Pakistan Greens:
Shadab Khan (captain), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Farhan Yousuf, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saad Baig (wicket-keeper) and Sameer Minhas
Support staff:
Ijaz Ahmed Jnr (head coach), Rehan Riaz (bowling coach), Khurram Shahzad (batting coach), Fahad Iqbal (fielding coach)
Pakistan Whites:
Saim Ayub (captain), Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saad Masood, Shahzaib Khan and Usman Khan (wicket-keeper)
Support staff:
Iqbal Imam (head coach), Samiullah Niazi (bowling coach), Faisal Athar (batting coach), Saqib Faqir (fielding coach)
Pakistan Blues:
Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Rohail Nazir (wicket-keeper), Shamyl Hussain, Sufyan Moqim, and Taimur Khan (wicket-keeper)
Support staff:
Aizaz Cheema (head coach), Fahad Masood (bowling coach), Naveed Latif (batting coach), Hussain Khosa (fielding coach)
Pakistan Gold:
Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Abdul Subhan, Faisal Akram, Haider Ali, Kamran Ghulam, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Nawaz, Muhammad Akhlaq (wicket-keeper), Muhammad Imran and Saad Khan
Support staff:
Misbah-ul-Haq (head coach), Waqas Ahmed (bowling coach), Riffatullah Mohmand (batting coach), Atiq-ur-Rehman (fielding coach)
Reserve pool:
Batters – Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Suleman, Mohammad Faiq, Muhammad Irfan Khan
All-rounders – Mubasir Khan, Danish Aziz
Pacers – Arshad Iqbal, Muhammad Salman, Razaullah, Saqib Khan, Mohammad Amir Khan, Shahnawaz Dahani
Wicket-keeper – Haseebullah
Tournament schedule: (All matches at Multan Cricket Stadium; All matches to begin at 3pm)
11 August – Pakistan Green v Pakistan Whites
12 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Gold
13 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Whites
14 August – Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Green
15 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Green
16 August – Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Whites
18 August – Final (Top two teams)
