National Champions Cup 2026: Squads, schedule, format and all you need to know

The National Champions Cup 2026 will be played from August 11 to August 18, and comprise four teams. Every team will play every other in a round-robin format, with the top two teams set to lock horns in the Final on August 18.

Pakistan Greens, Pakistan Blues, Pakistan Whites and Pakistan Gold will respectively be led by Shadab Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub and Shaheen Shah Afridi. The tournament will see multiple Pakistan international stars featuring in the week-long affair.

The selection committee has also named a reserve pool of 13 players, who will accompany the teams during practice and on match days as well.

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National Champions Cup 2026: List of fixtures and venues

Fixture	Date	Venue	Local time
Pakistan Greens v Pakistan Whites	August 11	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Gold	August 12	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Whites	August 13	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Greens	August 14	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Greens	August 15	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Whites	August 16	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm
Final	August 18	Multan Cricket Stadium	3pm

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Pakistan Greens

Shadab Khan (c), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Farhan Yousuf, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saad Baig (wk) and Sameer Minhas

Pakistan Blues

Sahibzada Farhan (c), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Rohail Nazir (wk), Shamyl Hussain, Sufyan Moqim, Taimur Khan (wk) and Tayyab Tahir

Pakistan Whites

Saim Ayub (c), Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Saad Masood, Shahzaib Khan, Usman Khan (wk)

Pakistan Gold

Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abdul Samad, Abdul Subhan, Faisal Akram, Haider Ali, Kamran Ghulam, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Nawaz, Muhammad Akhlaq (wk), Muhammad Imran, Saad Khan

Reserves

Batters – 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

Wicketkeeper – Haseebullah

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