Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026: Full schedule, venues, & teams- Know all details

The premier first-class competition of Pakistan will see eight teams battle for the glory of the Gold Tier, which features the defending champions Karachi Blues, Faisalabad, FATA, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Lahore Whites, and Sialkot Blues. The Gold tier games of the event will be played across Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi.

The competition has 12 more teams taking on each other in the Silver tier, which will serve as the qualifying pathway for the Gold Tier of the next season. The Group A has Lahore Blues, Rawalpindi, Larkana, Quetta, Bahawalpur, and Peshawar Whites, while the Group B has Karachi Whites, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Abbottabad, and Sialkot Whites.

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026 schedule: Match dates, rounds and start times

The Gold Tier matches of the league stage will be played from November 03 to December 12, while the final will be from December 15. The Silver Tier games are scheduled to happen from November 03 to 30 with the final being on December 03 to 07.

The Gold Tier Schedule-

The Silver Tier Schedule (Group A)-

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The Silver Tier Schedule (Group B)-

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026 venues and teams: Where the matches will be played and who is taking part

Here are the squads for the teams of the tournament-

Gold Tier-

Faisalabad- Muhammad Irfan Khan (c), Abdul Samad (vc), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Asfand, Ali Shan (wk), Asad Raza, Asim Ali Nasir (wk), Atiq-ur-Rehman, Faheem Ashraf, Faham-ul-Haq (U21), Khurram Shahzad, Malik Abdul Rafay, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Sameer Saqib, Shehzad Gul

Reserves- Daniyal Ali Khan, Mudasir Zunair, Ali Hassan, Muhammad Afzal, Saifullah Khan

FATA- Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Muhammad Farooq (U21), Salman Khan Jnr, Kashif Noor, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Wasim Khan, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Aziz, Rehan Afridi (wk), Afaq Afridi, Sameen Gul, Sirajuddin, Hayatullah, Fawad Arshad, Muhammad Usman Khan, Kashif Noor, Adnan Khan

Reserves- Akif Javed, Kashif Noor, Khyalman (wk), Muhammad Tahir (U21), Adnan Khan, Muhammad Usman Khan

Islamabad- Shamyl Hussain (c), Raja Hamza Waheed, Ali Imran, Azim Bari, Sarmad Bhatti, Muhammad Hammad Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Azan Tariq, Rohail Nazir (wk), Musa Khan, Muhammad Waeem Jnr, Sajid Raza, Mohammad Qaiser, Asfand Yar, Umer Hameed

Reserves – Shahid Islam, Sudais Ulfat, Rizwan Ali (wk), Muhammad Qaiser, Muhammad Sufyan

Karachi Blues- Saud Shakeel (c), Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousuf, Abdul Basit, Umer Farooq (U21), Danish Aziz, Saifullah Bangash, Rameez Aziz, Usman Khan (wk), Haroon Arshad (U21), Afnan Khan, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Raza Chandio, Asad Umar (U21)

Reserves- 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

Lahore Whites- Aamir Jamal (c), Babar Azam, Ali Zaryab, Mohib Haider, Muhammad Faiq, Muhammad Imran, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Mohsin, Muhammad Akhlaq, Zain Bin Farooq (wk), Noman Ali, Muhammad Kamran Afzal, Muhammad Salman Mirza, Zulqarnain, Hunain Shah

Reserves - Usman Sohail, Noman Latif, Hussain Talat, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Aalyan Salman, Ahmed Daiyal

Multan- Imam-ul-Haq (c), Uzair Mumtaz, Yousuf Babar, Moheer Saeed (U21), Sharoon Siraj, Imran Rafiq, Waseem Akram Jr, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Muhammad Shan (U21), Aamer Yamin, Hasan Hafeez (U21), Faisal Akram, Bilal Khan (U21), Waqar Ahmed (WK)

Reserves- Muhammad Basit, Ilman Khan, Alam Zaib, Rana Adeel, Bilal Ahmad, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad, Ali Usman

Peshawar Blues- Muhammad Rizwan (c & wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Haris (wk), Israrullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Najab Khan (U21), Nabi Gul, Muhammad Haleem, Sajid Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Amir Khan, Niaz Khan, Muhammad Adnan (U21)

Reserves – Muhammad Seyam, Sahibzada Abdullah, Muhammad Haleem, Najeebullah, Muhammad Wisal

Sialkot Blues- Abdullah Shafique (c), Muhammad Tayyab Arif (vc), 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, Afzaal Manzoor (wk)

Reserves- Ali Raza, Rahatullah (wk), Azan Awais, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr

Silver Tier Sqauds-

Abbottabad- Khalid Usman (c), 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, Khan Zaib

Azad Jammu and Kashmir- Hasan Raza (c), Husnain Nadeem (U21), Hamad Islam, Hassan Ali, Umer Hayat, Muhammad Ammar (U21), Saad Mumtaz, Naveed Malik, Awais Akram (wk), Aqib Liaqat, Sufyan Moqim, Zaman Khan, Muhammad Faizan Saleem, Muhammad Jawad, Adil Azad, Usman Maroof, Aman Arshad, Usman Yousuf, Raja Farhan (wk), Shadab Majeed

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Bahawalpur- Muhammad Imran Randhawa (c), Mohammad Ammar (U21), Muhammad Aon Shahzad, Ali Hamza Wasim, Muhammad Sudais, Mohammad Alamgir, Mohammad Shahiryar, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Akram (wk), 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 (wk), Muhammad Nabeel Arshad (wk), Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Younis

Dera Murad Jamali- Fahad Hussain (c), Nasir Khan, Aqib Junaid, Muhammad Uzair, Ubaid Ullah, Taimur Ali, Dawood Khan, Muhammad Deen, Muhammad Shahid, Shahbaz Ali (wk), Abu Huraira, Saleem Mal, Farhan Ullah, Abu Bakar, Allah Bakhsh, Muhammad Ali, Shahid Khan, Sajjad Ahmed, Atal Khan, Mir Hazar (wk), Sajjad Ali

Hyderabad- Saad Khan (c), Zain-ul-Abdin (U21), Muhammad Saddam, Haris Khan, Ubaidullah Rahupoto (U21), Muhammad Suleman, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Rizwan Mehmood, Nabeel Ahmed (wk), Jawad Ali, Asad Malik, Mohammad Hasnain, Mustafa Nasir, Ayaz Khan (U21), Muhammad Umair (U21), Muhammad Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Sikandar, Akbar Khan (wk), Kashif Bhatti, Muhammad Waleed

Karachi Whites- Jahanzaib Sultan (c), Muhammad Taha, Aibaad Khan (U21), Muhammad Usman Rahim, Khawaja Muhammad Nafay (U21), Huzaifa Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Taha Mehmood, Kashif Ali, Ghulam Ashraf (wk), Saifullah, Rehman Ghani, Maaz Khurram Amin, Fahad Amin, Abdul Rauf (U21), Asadullah Hamza, Imran Shah, Muhammad Ali Butt, Sabeh Siddiqui, Fahad Ansari (wk), Syed Shah Raza Naqvi, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Arif Yaqoob, Muhammad Makki, Muhammad Azaan (U21), Asad Akhtar

Lahore Blues- Imran Butt (c), Umer Siddiq, Muhammad Saleem, Hashim Ibrahim, Qasim Akram, Ali Razzaq, Ali Hassan Baloch, Obaid Shahid, Khawaja Muhammad Abdullah (wk), Sajjad Khan, Usman Qadir, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Zahid, Ahmed Bashir, Nisar Ahmed, Samama Riaz, Muhammad Huzaifa Shujaat, Mohsin Irshad, Sagar Ali (wk)

Larkana- Zahid Mehmood (c), 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 (wk), Shahzaib Aziz (U21), Feroz Ali (U21), Muhammad Umer, Umer Khalid, Muhammad Saboor

Peshawar Whites- Waqar Ahmed (c), 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, Ihsanullah

Quetta- Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (c), Bismillah Khan (wk), Salahuddin, Shahzad, Hazrat Wali, Nadeem Ahmed, Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Umar (U21), Haseebullah (wk), Syed Zain Ullah, Muhammad Ibrahim Snr, Najeebullah Achakzai, Khalil Ahmed (U21), Muhammad Ghous, Naqeebullah, Ghulam Nabi, Zulfiqar Ali, Eshan Ullah, Bilal Ahmed, Abdul Hameed

Rawalpindi- Mohammad Nawaz (c), 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 (wk), Abdul Qadir (wk), Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, Saad Masood, Raza-ul-Mustafa (wk)

Sialkot Whites- Muhammad Husnain Khan (c), 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 (wk), Musa Azeem, Saleem, Ameer Hassan, Syed Hussain Sajjad Bukhari, Muhammad Taha Tariq (wk)

The Gold Tier Games will be played in Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi. Meanwhile, the Group A clashes of the Silver Tier will be held in Karachi- KCCA Stadium, SBP and UBL Sports Complexes, while the Group B clashes will be arranged in Multan Cricket Stadium, Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan and Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur.

In India, the games can be watched on the PCB Domestic Cricket YouTube channel.