Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026, all you need to know: Schedule, live score, squads and where to watch live

A total of 10 teams have been divided into two groups of five for the National T20 Cup. The groups will follow a round-robin format, after which the top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. Lahore Blues are the defending champions, having won the 2025 edition by defeating Peshawar in the final.

Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: What are the groups?

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 tournament started on March 7, and the final is scheduled to be played on March 18. Two matches have been scheduled for each day, with the first one to start at 4.15 pm local time (11.15 am GMT), while the second starts at 9.15 local time (4.15 pm GMT).

The two semi-finals will also be played on the same day (March 17) and will follow similar timings. The final, however, has been scheduled to start at 8 pm local time (3 pm GMT). All the games will be played at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar. Here’s the full 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 score of today’s matches

Bahawalpur vs Karachi W

Faisalabad vs Lahore W

Pakistan National T20 Cup 2026: Where to watch

Where to watch in Pakistan

Live action from all 23 games will be broadcast on Geo Super, A Sports, PTV Sports, PTV National and Fast Sports. Fans can also live stream all the matches on Tapmad.

Where to watch in the rest of the world

Fans from around the world can watch the live stream of all 23 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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