The 2023–24 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition played in Pakistan. It was the 20th season of the National T20 Cup, with the tournament starting from 24 November 2023 and the final being played on 10 December 2023.[1] Sindh were the defending champions, winning the 2022-23 edition.[2][3][4][5]
Dates | 24 November – 10 December 2023 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Group stage and knockout |
Host(s) | Pakistan |
Champions | Karachi Whites (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Abbottabad |
Participants | 18 |
Matches | 63 |
Player of the series | Iftikhar Ahmed (395 runs and 18 wickets) |
Most runs | Sahibzada Farhan (492 runs) |
Most wickets | Shahab Khan (25 wickets) |
Official website | National T20 Cup |
Overview
editNational T20 2023-24 began from 24 November and lasted until 10 December. 18 teams took part in the tournament which was played across four venues – National Bank Stadium, UBL Sports Complex, HPC Oval Ground and NBP Sports Complex – in Karachi.
Broadcasting
editAll matches played at National Bank Stadium were broadcast on PTV Sports and ARY ZAP in Pakistan, and live-streamed on YouTube in overseas territories. Double-header matches at National Bank Stadium began at 15:00 PKT and 20:00 PKT, with toss conducted at 14:30 PKT and 19:30 PKT respectively.
Free Entry
editThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced free entry for spectators for all matches being played at National Bank Stadium. The Hanif Mohammad, Javed Miandad and Fazal Mahmood enclosures were accessible for spectators.
The 63-match tournament was structured to open with group stage games, which were to be followed by Super Eight matches. A total of 32 group stage matches were played from 24 to 28 November. 18 participating teams were put in four groups.
Teams Meetup
editThe first set of fixtures saw Lahore Whites face Larkana and Karachi Blues face Peshawar at NBP Sports Complex in Group A. In Group B, Karachi Whites played against Islamabad and Hyderabad played against DM Jamali at UBL Sports Complex. Rawalpindi took on Abbottabad and Faisalabad faced Bahawalpur at National Bank Stadium for Group C and lastly, for group D, HPC Oval Ground hosted the Multan-Sialkot clash and FATA-AJK game.
Super 8 Stage
editThe top two teams from each group progressed to the Super Eight stage, which was played in a round-robin format from 1 to 8 December.
Final
editFollowing the Super Eight stage, the top four teams qualified for the semi-finals. Both semi-finals were played on 9 December at National Bank Stadium, at 15:00 PKT and 20:00 PKT respectively. The final was played at the same venue on 10 December. The toss took place at 19:30 PKT and the first ball was bowled at 20:00 PKT.
Karachi Whites won the 2023–24 National T20 Cup by defeating Abbottabad by nine runs in the final. The match was held at National Bank Stadium, Karachi.[6]
Background
editThis was the first edition of the tournament played since the PCB 2014 Constitution was reinstated. The previous edition of National T20, which featured six sides, was won by Sindh who clinched their maiden title after defeating defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by eight wickets. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lost out on securing a hat-trick of titles after winning both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 editions.
Format
editThe 18 qualifying teams were divided into four groups of five, with the top two teams in each group advancing to the Super 8 round. In this stage, the qualifying teams were split into one group of 8. The top four teams in the Super 8 qualified for the knockout stage, which consisted of two semi-finals and a final.[7]
Teams
editGroup A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Squads
editGroup A
editKarachi Blues | Lahore Whites | Larkana | Peshawar | Quetta |
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Group B
editDera Murad Jamali | Hyderabad | Islamabad | Karachi Whites | Lahore Blues |
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Group C
editAbbottabad | Bahawalpur | Faisalabad | Rawalpindi |
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Group D
editAzad Jammu & Kashmir | FATA | Multan | Sialkot |
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Group stage
editThe group stage will consist of four groups of five teams, played as a single round-robin format. The top two teams in each group will progress to the Super 8 stage.
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Peshawar | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2.713 | Advanced to Super 8s |
2 | Lahore Whites | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.368 | |
3 | Karachi Blues | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.110 | |
4 | Larkana | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −3.062 | |
5 | Quetta | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −2.292 |
Larkana
137/8 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites
141/3 (16.5 overs) |
Umer Khalid 33 (19)
Mohammad Irfan 3/12 (4 overs) |
Ahmed Shehzad 60 (52)
Ali Asghar 1/24 (4 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar
101 (18.1 overs) |
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Karachi Blues
102/3 (18.2 overs) |
Mohammad Haris 39 (30)
Waleed Azeem 3/24 (4 overs) |
- Karachi Blues won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Whites
128/9 (20 overs) |
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Peshawar
129/3 (18.3 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
Quetta
145/8 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Blues
146/5 (19 overs) |
Jahanzaib Sultan 77 (55)
Gohar Faiz 2/27 (4 overs) |
- Quetta won the toss and elected to bat.
Peshawar
158/2 (13 overs) |
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Quetta
89/7 (13 overs) |
- Quetta won the toss and elected to field.
- Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
Larkana
61 (16.5 overs) |
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Karachi Blues
63/1 (8.2 overs) |
Faraz Aziz 26 (32)
Waleed Azeem 4/9 (3.5 overs) |
- Larkana won the toss and elected to bat.
Quetta
132/5 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites
135/1 (12 overs) |
Ahmed Shehzad 81 (44)
Hanan Achakzai 1/22 (2 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar
248/2 (20 overs) |
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Larkana
122/7 (20 overs) |
Umar Khalid 33 (30)
Mohammad Imran 2/15 (4 overs) |
- Larkana won the toss and elected to field.
Larkana
125 (20 overs) |
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Quetta
110 (19.5 overs) |
Imtiaz Leghari 48* (24)
Salahuddin 3/2 (1 over) |
- Quetta won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Blues
150/7 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites
154/3 (18 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Lahore Blues | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.223 | Advanced to Super 8s |
2 | Karachi Whites | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.165 | |
3 | Islamabad | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.055 | |
4 | Dera Murad Jamali | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.321 | |
5 | Hyderabad | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.878 |
Karachi Whites
121/6 (18.3 overs) |
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Islamabad
119/7 (20 overs) |
Asad Shafiq 59 (36)
Shayan Shaikh 2/14 (4 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Hyderabad
116/8 (20 overs) |
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Dera Murad Jamali
117 (19.3 overs) |
Muhammad Suleman 39 (39)
Mohammad Ayaz 2/26 (overs) |
Zubair Khan 36 (34)
Majid Asghar 3/15 (4 overs) |
- Dera Murad Jamali won the toss and elected to Bat.
Karachi Whites
183/2(17.5 Overs) |
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Dera Murad Jamali
182/6 (20 Overs) |
Fahad Hussain 45 (26)
Ziaullah 3/36 (4 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Hyderabad
153/6 (20 Overs) |
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Lahore Blues
154/9 (20 Overs) |
Mohammad Suleman 57 (49)
Hunain Shah 3/20 (4 overs) |
Imran Butt 48 (32)
Jawad Ali 3/38 (4 overs) |
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to Bat.
Lahore Blues
159/8 (20 Overs) |
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Karachi Whites
154/7 (20 Overs) |
Imran Butt 54 (35)
Aftab Ibrahim 2/15 (3 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad
130/8 (20 overs) |
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Dera Murad Jamali
127 (19.1 overs) |
Hammad Saddique 51* (41)
Salim Mal 2/26 (4 overs) |
Zubair Khan 46 (40)
Umair Afridi 4/24 (3.1 overs) |
- Dera Murad Jamali won the toss and elected to Bat.
Lahore Blues
142/5 (19.3 overs) |
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Dera Murad Jamali
139/9 (20 overs) |
Rizwan Hussain 45 (39)
Nasir Khan 2/16 (4 overs) |
Nasir Khan 30 (29)
Asfand Mehran3/24 (4 overs) |
- Dera Murad Jamali won the toss and elected to Bat.
Islamabad
153/3 (20 overs) |
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Hyderabad
143/7 (20 overs) |
Mohammad Suleman 62 (56)
Umair Afridi 3/22 (4 overs) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to Bat.
Lahore Blues
154/7 (20 overs) |
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Islamabad
149 (19.4 overs) |
Qasim Akram 64 (51)
Umair Afridi 3/30 (4 overs) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites
103/3 (12.1 Overs) |
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Hyderabad
102 (18.4 Overs) |
Ammad Alam 53 (33)
Asim Jutt 1/23 (3.1) |
Tayyab Ali Shah 32 (37)
Sohail Khan 5/10 (3.4 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Rawalpindi | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.144 | Advanced to Super 8s |
2 | Abbottabad | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1.165 | |
3 | Faisalabad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.085 | |
4 | Bahawalpur | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.492 |
Rawalpindi
180/7 (19.5 overs) |
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Abbottabad
177/5 (20 overs) |
Raza Ul Mustafa 42* (18)
Aqib Khan 2/33 (2.5 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Faisalabad
118/2 (15.3 Overs) |
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Bahawalpur
117/9 (20 Overs) |
Moinuddin 29 (29)
Asad Raza 3/19 (4 overs) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Rawalpindi
174/6 (20 Overs) |
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Faisalabad
147/9 (20 Overs) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Rawalpindi
232/3 (20 overs) |
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Bahawalpur
195/7 (20 overs) |
Aun Shehzad 76 (47)
Shiraz Khan 2/38 (4 overs) |
- Bahawalpur won the toss and elected to field.
Abbottabad
144/4 (18.3 overs) |
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Faisalabad
143 (20 overs) |
Muhammad Abdul Samad 47 (31)
Shahhab 2/22 (4 overs) |
- Abbottabad won the toss and elected to field.
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Sialkot | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2.347 | Advanced to Super 8s |
2 | FATA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.804 | |
3 | Multan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.380 | |
4 | Azad Jammu & Kashmir | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.881 |
Multan
148/7 (20 overs) |
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Sialkot
148/8 (20 overs) |
Tahir Baig 66 (48)
Tahir Hussain 4/26 (4 overs) |
- Multan won the toss and elected to field.
FATA
153/8 (20 Overs) |
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Azad Jammu & Kashmir
113/7 (20 Overs) |
Naveed Malik 41 (39)
Shahid Aziz 4/20 (4) |
- FATA won the toss and elected to bat.
Azad Jammu & Kashmir
131/10 (19.2 Overs) |
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Multan
132/3 (17.3 Overs) |
Usman Maroof 51 (31)
Tahir Hussain 3/21 (3.2 overs) |
Sharjeel Khan 53 (39)
Naveed Malik 1/24 (4 overs) |
- Multan won the toss and elected to field.
Multan
153/5 (20 overs) |
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FATA
150/7 (20 overs) |
Samiullah 47 (50)
Tahir Hussain 2/27 (4 overs) |
- FATA won the toss and elected to field.
Sialkot
60/1 (6 overs) |
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Azad Jammu & Kashmir
59 (18.2 overs) |
Naved Malik 24 (29)
Usman Khalid 4/13 (4 overs) |
- Sialkot won the toss and elected to field.
Super 8s
editAfter the group stage, the top two teams in each group will progress to the Super 8 stage which will be played as a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stage.[8][9][10]
Points Table
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | Peshawar | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.124 | Advanced to knockout stage |
2 | Karachi Whites | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.934 | |
3 | Abbottabad | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0.444 | |
4 | Rawalpindi | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | −1.004 | |
5 | Lahore Blues | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0.239 | |
6 | Sialkot | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −0.717 | |
7 | Lahore Whites | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −1.245 | |
8 | FATA | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −0.766 |
Matches
editRound 1
editRawalpindi
179/7 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
147/5 (20 overs) |
Mohammad Nawaz 72 (36)
Adil Naz 3/45 (4 overs) |
Afaq Ahmed 30 (18)
Mohammad Nawaz 2/19 (4 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
FATA
103 (16.5 overs) |
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Sialkot
106/2 (14.1 overs) |
Salman Khan 23 (28)
Sohaibullah 3/8 (3 overs) |
- Sialkot won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Whites
136/6 (20 overs) |
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Peshawar
142/3 (13.1 overs) |
Ahmed Shehzad 53 (35)
Azam Khan 2/21 (3 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites
164/9 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Blues
145 (19.4 overs) |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2
editPeshawar
186/3 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Whites
130 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues
148/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Lahore Whites
149/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
FATA
168/7 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi
169/3 (18.2 overs) |
Yasir Khan 107 (59)
Shahid Aziz 2/38 (4 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Sialkot
119/8 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
120/5 (17.4 overs) |
Tahir Baig 38 (29)
Yasir Shah 3/12 (4 overs) |
Sajjad Ali Jnr 50 (45)
Bilal Asif 2/24 (4 overs) |
- Sialkot won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
editSialkot
163/2 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi
167/7 (18.4 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Abbottabad
188/5 (20 overs) |
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FATA
131 (17.2 overs) |
Samiullah 53 (36)
Shahab Khan 5/20 (3.2 overs) |
- FATA won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar
133 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Blues
128/8 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites
173/7 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites
110 (16.5 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
editPeshawar
230/4 (20 overs) |
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Sialkot
157 (20 overs) |
Momin Waqar 34 (18)
Abbas Afridi 3/22 (3) |
- Sialkot won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites
147/6 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
148/4 (18.5 overs) |
Sajjad Ali Jnr 56 (42)
Arif Yaqoob 2/33 (4 overs) |
- Abbottabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Whites
118/6 (20 overs) |
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FATA
119/3 (14.3 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahore Blues
166/3 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi
102 (17.4 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
editLahore Whites
146/6 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi
147/5 (19.1 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Hasan Rizwan (Lahore Whites) made his T20 debut.
Peshawar
195/4 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
174/9 (20 overs) |
Sahibzada Farhan 64 (40)
Shahab Khan 2/37 (4 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to bat.
- Imran Khan (Abbottabad) made his T20 debut.
Round 6
editFATA
139/8 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Whites
142/2 (19 overs) |
Kashif Noor 32 (23)
Arif Yaqoob 4/25 (4 overs) |
Ammad Alam 53 (42)
Shahid Aziz 1/16 (2 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Abbottabad
205/6 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites
183/8 (20 overs) |
Sajjad Ali Jnr 90 (51)
Mohammad Amir Khan 4/35 (4 overs) |
Mohammad Faiq 63 (35)
Shahab Khan 4/33 (4 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues
149/8 (20 overs) |
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Sialkot
151/3 (19.1 overs) |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 7
editLahore Whites
189/2 (20 overs) |
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Sialkot
159 (18.2 overs) |
Mohammad Faiq 110 (60)
Bilal Asif 1/25 (3 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Lahore Blues
171/6 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
174/7 (19.5 overs) |
Junaid Ali 44 (24)
Aqib Khan 2/22 (4) |
- Abbottabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Khayam Khan (Abbottabad) made his T20 debut.
FATA
180/3 (20 overs) |
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Peshawar
185/4 (19.4 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Sajjad Ibraheem (Peshawar) made his T20 debut.
Karachi Whites
170/5 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi
84 (14.1 overs) |
Omair Yousuf 46 (39)
Jahandad Khan 3/37 (4 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Knockout stage
editSemi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Peshawar | 169 (19.2 overs) | |||||||
3 | Abbottabad | 175/3 (17.5 overs) | |||||||
2 | Karachi Whites | 155/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
3 | Abbottabad | 146/9 (20 overs) | |||||||
4 | Rawalpindi | 177/5 (20 overs) | |||||||
2 | Karachi Whites | 178/6 (18.1 overs) |
Semi-finals
editPeshawar
169 (19.2 overs) |
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Abbottabad
175/3 (17.5 overs) |
Israrullah 73 (34)
Shahab Khan 5/33 (3.2 overs) |
- Abbottabad won the toss and elected to field.
Rawalpindi
177/5 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Whites
178/6 (18.1 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
editKarachi Whites
155/9 (20 overs) |
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Abbottabad
146/9 (20 overs) |
Khurram Manzoor 53 (37)
Shahab Khan 4/28 (4 overs) |
- Abbottabad won the toss and elected to field.
Awards and statistics
editMost runs
editPlayer | Team | Runs |
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Sahibzada Farhan | Peshawar | 492 |
Kamran Ghulam | Abbottabad | 451 |
Sajjad Ali | Abbottabad | 442 |
Omair Yousuf | Karachi Whites | 401 |
Iftikhar Ahmed | Peshawar | 395 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets
editPlayer | Team | Wickets |
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Shahab Khan | Abbottabad | 25 |
Sohail Khan | Karachi Whites | 22 |
Arif Yaqoob | Karachi Whites | 21 |
Mohammad Imran | Peshawar | 20 |
Iftikhar Ahmed | Peshawar | 18 |
- Source: ESPNcricinfo
End of season awards
editName | Team | Award | Prize |
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Iftikhar Ahmed | Peshawar | Player of the Tournament | Rs. 250,000 (US$870) |
Sahibzada Farhan | Peshawar | Batsman of the tournament | Rs. 250,000 (US$870) |
Shahab Khan | Abbottabad | Bowler of the tournament | Rs. 250,000 (US$870) |
Sajjad Ali | Abbottabad | Wicket-keeper of the tournament | Rs. 250,000 (US$870) |
Prize
editThe winning team of the tournament received a prize money of PKR 5 million while the runners-up were awarded PKR 2.5 million.
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