Squads, schedule of President's Trophy confirmed

The President’s Trophy is scheduled to commence on 16th December 2023. This first-class tournament will run until 31st January 2024 and will be hosted at three venues in Karachi: the National Bank Stadium, UBL Sports Complex, and SBP Sports Complex.

Seven departmental teams will engage in round-robin matches, amounting to a total of 22 games. These matches will be distributed across seven rounds of league-stage encounters, culminating in a five-day final between the top two teams from 27th to 31st January 2024.

The President’s Trophy heralds the return of departmental cricket in the domestic structure, following the reimplementation of the PCB 2014 Constitution. The previous edition of the President’s Trophy took place in the 2018-19 domestic season, with the State Bank of Pakistan emerging as the winner.

The reintroduction of departmental cricket offers players an additional opportunity for earnings, as they will be able to participate in supplementary tournaments after the conclusion of the region-based domestic tournament cycle. This cycle included events such as the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (won by Karachi Whites), the Pakistan Cup (won by Peshawar), and the National T20 Cup (won by Karachi Whites).

The seven teams participating in the upcoming tournament are as follows: Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL), Pakistan Television (PTV), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), Higher Education Commission (HEC), and Ghani Glass.

Nadeem Khan, Director – Domestic Cricket Operations, said: “The return of departmental cricket will benefit all the stakeholders. We are hoping that the President’s Trophy will bring even more depth and competition to our domestic circuit.

“We have added HEC and Ghani Glass to this first-class tournament on a probationary basis. We will closely monitor the performances of these two teams in this edition and make decisions about their involvement in the proceeding season based on their competitiveness at the first-class level.”

Squads of President's Trophy

PTV: Muhammad Uzair Mumtaz, Humayun Altaf, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Hassan Nawaz, Nasir Nawaz, Muhammad Taimoor Khan, Waqar Hussain, Muhammad Junaid, Faisal Akram, Aliyan Mahmood, Ahmad Safi Abdullah, Daniyal Hussain Rajpoot, Adil Naz, Muhammad Ibtisam Rehman, Sudais Ulfat, Israr Hussain, Jahandad Khan, Muhammad Hassan Mohsin, Muhammad Sadaqat

SNGPL: Sahibzada Farhan, Shahzaib Khan, Saim Ayub, Azhar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Saud Shakeel, Omair Bin Yousaf, Mubasir Khan, Ali Waqas, Muhammad Rizwan, Haseebullah, Abbas Afridi, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Waseem, Bilawal Bhatti, Awais Anwar, Hunain Shah, Yasir Shah, Mehran Mumtaz

Ghani Class: Shan Masood, Sharjeel Khan, Kashif Ali, Tayyab Tahir, Mohsin Raza, Farhan Sarfraz, Hussain Talat, Shadab Khan, Saeed Malik, Noman Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Shahbaz Javed, Saad Nasim, Sheraz Khan, Musa Khan, Moeez Ghani, Niaz Khan, Ghulam Mudasir, Ahad Malik, Ghulam Haider

HEC: Muhammad Huraira, Saad Khan, Anas Mustafa, Jahanzaib Sultan, Waseem Akram, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Wahaj Riaz, Obaid Shahid, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori, Zaid Bin Nadeem, Aqib Liaquat, Haris Khan, Muhammad Juanid, Umer Lohya, Muhammad Azab, Waseem Akram, Abdul Rehman, Asadullah Hamza, Kashif Ali,

KRL: Abdul Faseeh, Ali Zaryab Asif, Muhammad Imran Dogar, Imran Rafiq, Sarmad Bhatti, Muhammad Sharoon Siraj, Waqar Ahmad, Israrullah, Maaz Ahmad Sadaqat, Kashif Ali, Ahmad Bashir, Siraj uddin, Muhammad Imran Jr., Muhammad Amir Khan, Arshadullah, Rohail Nazir, Jamal Anwar, Rohan Qadri, Umar Khan, Shayan Sheikh

WAPDA: Muhammad Saad, Bismillah Khan, Ayaz Tasawar, Umer Abid Kiyani, Khalid Usman, Tahir Hussain, Irfanullah Shah, Ahmad Shahzad, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Saleem, Umer Akmal, Muhammad Basit Ali, Naqeeb Masood, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Arif, Hassan Abid Kiyani, Ali Raza, Ahmad Khan, Asif Afridi, Muhammad Ikhlaq

SBP: Usman Salahuddin, Umar Amin, Agha Salman Ali, Zain Abbas, Rizwan Hussain, Muhammad Mohsin, Ramee Aziz, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Ali Shan, Ameer Hamza, Nisar Ahmad, Kashif Bhatti, Muhammad Imran, Sameen Gul, Zahid Mahmood, Muhammad Ilyas, Ali Usman, Aftab Ibrahim, Muhammad Abbas, Affaq Afridi

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