PCB Announces Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026-27 Schedule and Complete Squads for Gold and Silver Tiers
Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman among prominent names; 20 regional teams to compete in 60 first-class matches
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the schedule and complete team rosters for the 2026-27 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, with the country’s premier first-class competition scheduled to commence on November 3.
The 69th edition of the prestigious domestic tournament will feature two parallel competitions, Gold and Silver, involving 20 regional teams. Both tournaments will carry first-class status, while the Silver competition will provide a promotion route to the Gold tier for the following season.
Eight teams will participate in the Gold competition, including defending champions Karachi Blues, Faisalabad, FATA, Lahore Whites, Islamabad, Peshawar Blues, Multan and Sialkot Blues.
The Gold tournament will run from November 3 to December 12, with 29 first-class matches scheduled. The top two teams will subsequently compete in a five-day final from December 15 to 19 to determine the champions of the 69th Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
Gold-tier fixtures will be staged across Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Abbottabad.
The Silver competition, meanwhile, will feature 12 teams divided into two groups of six. Group A comprises Lahore Blues, Rawalpindi, Larkana, Quetta, Bahawalpur and Peshawar Whites, while Group B includes Karachi Whites, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Abbottabad and Sialkot Whites.
Group A matches will be played at three venues in Karachi — KCCA Stadium, SBP Sports Complex and UBL Sports Complex. Group B fixtures will take place at Multan Cricket Stadium, Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan and Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur.
The Silver group stage will run from November 3 to 30, followed by the five-day final between the two group leaders from December 3 to 7. A total of 31 first-class matches will be played in the competition.
The Silver champions will secure promotion to the Gold tier for the 2027-28 season.
Babar, Shaheen to headline opening-round encounter
One of the major attractions of the opening round will be the meeting between Lahore Whites and FATA, featuring Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam and ODI captain Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Babar is named in Lahore Whites’ squad, while Shaheen will lead FATA in the opening-round fixture scheduled at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad.
The upcoming season will also mark a significant development in regional cricket, with Peshawar and Sialkot fielding two teams each in a first-class competition for the first time.
Live-streaming arrangements
All four matches in every Gold round will be streamed live on Tapmad and Tamasha in Pakistan, with the PCB’s official YouTube channel providing international coverage.
In the Silver competition, four of the six matches in each round will receive live-streaming coverage.
Across both competitions, a total of 60 first-class matches will be staged.
QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY GOLD – COMPLETE TEAM SQUADS
Faisalabad
Muhammad Irfan Khan (captain), Abdul Samad (vice-captain), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Asfand, Ali Shan (wicketkeeper), Asad Raza, Asim Ali Nasir (wicketkeeper), Atiq-ur-Rehman, Faheem Ashraf, Faham-ul-Haq (U21), Khurram Shahzad, Malik Abdul Rafay, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Sameer Saqib and Shehzad Gul.
Reserves: Daniyal Ali Khan, Mudasir Zunair, Ali Hassan, Muhammad Afzal and Saifullah Khan.
Head Coach: Samiullah Niazi.
FATA
Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Muhammad Farooq (U21), Salman Khan Jnr, Kashif Noor, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Wasim Khan, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Aziz, Rehan Afridi (wicketkeeper), Afaq Afridi, Sameen Gul, Sirajuddin, Hayatullah, Fawad Arshad, Muhammad Usman Khan, Kashif Noor and Adnan Khan.
Reserves/National Duty: Akif Javed, Kashif Noor, Khyalman (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Tahir (U21), Adnan Khan and Muhammad Usman Khan.
Head Coach: Riaz Afridi.
Islamabad
Shamyl Hussain (captain), Raja Hamza Waheed, Ali Imran, Azim Bari, Sarmad Bhatti, Muhammad Hammad Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Azan Tariq, Rohail Nazir (wicketkeeper), Musa Khan, Muhammad Waeem Jnr, Sajid Raza, Mohammad Qaiser, Asfand Yar and Umer Hameed.
Reserves: Shahid Islam, Sudais Ulfat, Rizwan Ali (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Qaiser and Muhammad Sufyan.
Head Coach: Naveed Latif.
Karachi Blues
Saud Shakeel (captain), Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousuf, Abdul Basit, Umer Farooq (U21), Danish Aziz, Saifullah Bangash, Rameez Aziz, Usman Khan (wicketkeeper), Haroon Arshad (U21), Afnan Khan, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Raza Chandio and Asad Umar (U21).
Reserves/National Duty: Shan Masood (recovering from injury), Abrar Ahmed, Zaryab Shah (U21), Wahaj Riaz, Abdullah Fazal, Saad Baig, Saqib Khan, Rizwanullah (U21), Niqab Shafiq (U21) and Mir Hamza.
Head Coach: Syed Iqbal Imam.
Lahore Whites
Aamir Jamal (captain), Babar Azam, Ali Zaryab, Mohib Haider, Muhammad Faiq, Muhammad Imran, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Mohsin, Muhammad Akhlaq, Zain Bin Farooq (wicketkeeper), Noman Ali, Muhammad Kamran Afzal, Muhammad Salman Mirza, Zulqarnain and Hunain Shah.
Reserves/National Duty: Usman Sohail, Noman Latif, Hussain Talat, Hamza Zahoor (wicketkeeper), Aalyan Salman and Ahmed Daiyal.
Head Coach: Aizaz Cheema.
Multan
Imam-ul-Haq (captain), Uzair Mumtaz, Yousuf Babar, Moheer Saeed (U21), Sharoon Siraj, Imran Rafiq, Waseem Akram Jnr, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Muhammad Shan (U21), Aamer Yamin, Hasan Hafeez (U21), Faisal Akram, Bilal Khan (U21) and Waqar Ahmed (wicketkeeper).
Reserves/National Duty: Muhammad Basit, Ilman Khan, Alam Zaib, Rana Adeel, Bilal Ahmad, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad and Ali Usman.
Head Coach: Fahad Masood.
Peshawar Blues
Muhammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Haris (wicketkeeper), Israrullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Najab Khan (U21), Nabi Gul, Muhammad Haleem, Sajid Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Amir Khan, Niaz Khan and Muhammad Adnan (U21).
Reserves: Muhammad Seyam, Sahibzada Abdullah, Muhammad Haleem, Najeebullah and Muhammad Wisal.
Head Coach: Abdul Rehman.
Sialkot Blues
Abdullah Shafique (captain), Muhammad Tayyab Arif (vice-captain), Hamza Sheraz, Muhammad Huraira, Ahmed Hassan, Mohsin Riaz, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Hamza Nazar, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Ali, Hasan Ali, Ammad Butt, Athar Mehmood, Shahzaib Bhatti, Tayyab Ali and Afzaal Manzoor (wicketkeeper).
Reserves/National Duty: Ali Raza, Rahatullah (wicketkeeper), Azan Awais and Shoaib Akhtar Jnr.
Head Coach: Shahid Yousuf.
QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY SILVER – COMPLETE TEAM SQUADS
Abbottabad
Khalid Usman (captain), Shahzaib Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Fakhar Zaman, Zain Ishaq, Ahmed Khan, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Riazullah, Umair Badshah, Muhammad Shayan, Arshad Iqbal, Razaullah, Israr Hussain, Aqib Khan, Junaid Ahmed, Khayyam Khan, Mehroz Rasheed, Aftab Khan, Muhammad Arif and Khan Zaib.
Head Coach: Saqib Faqir.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Hasan Raza (captain), Husnain Nadeem (U21), Hamad Islam, Hassan Ali, Umer Hayat, Muhammad Ammar (U21), Saad Mumtaz, Naveed Malik, Awais Akram (wicketkeeper), Aqib Liaqat, Sufyan Moqim, Zaman Khan, Muhammad Faizan Saleem, Muhammad Jawad, Adil Azad, Usman Maroof, Aman Arshad, Usman Yousuf, Raja Farhan (wicketkeeper) and Shadab Majeed.
Head Coach: Nadeem Afzal.
Bahawalpur
Muhammad Imran Randhawa (captain), Mohammad Ammar (U21), Muhammad Aon Shahzad, Ali Hamza Wasim, Muhammad Sudais, Mohammad Alamgir, Mohammad Shahiryar, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Akram (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Khaqan Bashir, Muhammad Azab, Muhammad Basit, Shoaib Manzoor, Ali Shabbir (U21), Rana Muhammad Burhan Basharat, Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Huzaifa (U21), Ibrar Amin, Amjad Ali, Hasnain Majid (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Nabeel Arshad (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Ali and Muhammad Younis.
Head Coach: Ghulam Ali.
Dera Murad Jamali
Fahad Hussain (captain), Nasir Khan, Aqib Junaid, Muhammad Uzair, Ubaid Ullah, Taimur Ali, Dawood Khan, Muhammad Deen, Muhammad Shahid, Shahbaz Ali (wicketkeeper), Abu Huraira, Saleem Mal, Farhan Ullah, Abu Bakar, Allah Bakhsh, Muhammad Ali, Shahid Khan, Sajjad Ahmed, Atal Khan, Mir Hazar (wicketkeeper) and Sajjad Ali.
Head Coach: Hussain Khosa.
Hyderabad
Saad Khan (captain), Zain-ul-Abdin (U21), Muhammad Saddam, Haris Khan, Ubaidullah Rahupoto (U21), Muhammad Suleman, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Rizwan Mehmood, Nabeel Ahmed (wicketkeeper), Jawad Ali, Asad Malik, Mohammad Hasnain, Mustafa Nasir, Ayaz Khan (U21), Muhammad Umair (U21), Muhammad Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Sikandar, Akbar Khan (wicketkeeper), Kashif Bhatti and Muhammad Waleed.
Head Coach: Azeem Ghumman.
Karachi Whites
Jahanzaib Sultan, Muhammad Taha, Aibaad Khan (U21), Muhammad Usman Rahim, Khawaja Muhammad Nafay (U21), Huzaifa Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Taha Mehmood, Kashif Ali, Ghulam Ashraf (wicketkeeper), Saifullah, Rehman Ghani, Maaz Khurram Amin, Fahad Amin, Abdul Rauf (U21), Asadullah Hamza, Imran Shah, Muhammad Ali Butt, Sabeh Siddiqui, Fahad Ansari (wicketkeeper), Syed Shah Raza Naqvi, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Arif Yaqoob, Muhammad Makki, Muhammad Azaan (U21) and Asad Akhtar.
Head Coach: Saeed Bin Nasir.
Lahore Blues
Imran Butt (captain), Umer Siddiq, Muhammad Saleem, Hashim Ibrahim, Qasim Akram, Ali Razzaq, Ali Hassan Baloch, Obaid Shahid, Khawaja Muhammad Abdullah (wicketkeeper), Sajjad Khan, Usman Qadir, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Zahid, Ahmed Bashir, Nisar Ahmed, Samama Riaz, Muhammad Huzaifa Shujaat, Mohsin Irshad and Sagar Ali (wicketkeeper).
Head Coach: Ashraf Ali.
Larkana
Zahid Mehmood (captain), Malhar Rasool, Muhammad Ibrahim (U21), Muhammad Aqeel Danish, Sabit Ali, Ghulam Raza, Ishfaque Ahmed, Najaf Ali (U21), Faraz Aziz, Asif Ali Jnr, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Mustafa, Mohsin Raza (wicketkeeper), Shahzaib Aziz (U21), Feroz Alii (U21), Muhammad Umer, Umer Khalid and Muhammad Saboor.
Head Coach: Faisal Ather.
Peshawar Whites
Waqar Ahmed (captain), Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Amir Barki, Abubakar Khan, Abbas Ali, Adil Amin, Sajjad, Adil Khan (U21), Haris Khan, Mujtaba Khan, Abuzar Tariq, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Muhammad Abuzar, Muhammad Shoaib Afridi, Afqar Durrani, Salman Khan, Sarmad Khattak, Azam Khan, Ahmad Hussain, Usman Tariq and Ihsanullah.
Head Coach: Muhammad Saddiq.
Quetta
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (captain), Bismillah Khan (wicketkeeper), Salahuddin, Shahzad, Hazrat Wali, Nadeem Ahmed, Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Umar (U21), Haseebullah (wicketkeeper), Syed Zain Ullah, Muhammad Ibrahim Snr, Najeebullah Achakzai, Khalil Ahmed (U21), Muhamamad Ghous, Naqeebullah, Ghulam Nabi, Zulfiqar Ali, Eshan Ullah, Bilal Ahmed and Abdul Hameed.
Head Coach: Wajahatullah Wasti.
Rawalpindi
Mohammad Nawaz (captain), Yasir Khan, Abdul Faseeh, Affan Ishaq (U21), Nasir Nawaz, Mehran Mumtaz, Haider Ali, Mubasir Khan, Aqib Shah, Shehbaz Tabraiz Kyani, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Nabeel (U21), Muhammad Faizan Ghani, Badruddin, Taimur Khan (wicketkeeper), Abdul Qadir (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, Saad Masood and Raza-ul-Mustafa (wicketkeeper).
Head Coach: Afaq Raheem.
Sialkot Whites
Muhammad Husnain Khan (captain), Khawaja Arham, Aashir Mehmood, Mirza Tahir Baig, Muhammad Tayyab, Qasim Sajjad, Muhammad Hammad Sarwar, Rizwan Ahmed, Mubashir Aslam, Abdullah Nawaz, Salman Aslam, Abdul Rehman Saad, Sharjeel Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Raza Shahzaib (wicketkeeper), Musa Azeem, Saleem, Ameer Hassan, Syed Hussain Sajjad Bukhari and Muhammad Taha Tariq (wicketkeeper).
Head Coach: Shahzad Malik.
Flexible squad arrangements
The PCB has clarified that participating teams will operate with revolving squad arrangements throughout the competition.
Each team will have 15 travelling members and will be permitted to strengthen its playing group through selections from the reserve lists and national-duty pool, depending on players’ availability and team requirements.
With established international cricketers, experienced domestic performers and emerging youngsters featuring across both divisions, the 2026-27 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is set to provide an important platform for first-class cricket in Pakistan.
