On July 23 2026, the Pakistan Cricket Board unveiled a new domestic structure that includes a four-team one-day competition as the PCB seeks to give players more chances to be ready for the 50-over World Cup the following year, which is to be held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.
The National Champions Cup is a week-long, four-team one-day competition that has been added to this year’s schedule primarily to assess the depth of one-day talent in the nation and will kick off the domestic season on August 11 in Multan.
This is the season’s first of two one-day events: the National Champions Cup. Three days after the conclusion of the first event, department teams will compete in the second, the President’s Cup.
We will look into the Champions Cup 2026 Squads and Schedule.
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National Champions Cup 2026 Squads and Schedule
On July 27, 2026, the teams and schedule for the National Champions Cup, which will take place at the Multan Cricket Stadium from August 11–18, were released by the PCB. Matches will begin at 3 p.m. local time in all seven of the tournament’s daytime matches.
The four teams are named as follows: Pakistan Greens, Pakistan Whites, Pakistan Blues, and Pakistan Gold. They will compete in the 50-over List-A event, which kicks off the 2026–2027 domestic cricket season. Teams will compete in a single-league round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the final on Tuesday, August 18.
Team Squads:
Pakistan Greens:
Shadab Khan (captain), Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Farhan Yousuf, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Saad Baig (wicket-keeper) and Sameer Minhas
Pakistan Whites:
Saim Ayub (captain), Akif Javed, Ali Raza, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Khushdil Shah, Mohsin Riaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Saad Masood, Shahzaib Khan and Usman Khan (wicket-keeper)
Pakistan Blues:
Sahibzada Farhan (captain), Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Hasan Ali, Hussain Talat, Jahandad Khan, Rohail Nazir (wicket-keeper), Shamyl Hussain, Sufyan Moqim, Taimur Khan (wicket-keeper) and Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Gold:
Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Abdul Samad, Abdul Subhan, Faisal Akram, Haider Ali, Kamran Ghulam, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Nawaz, Muhammad Akhlaq (wicket-keeper), Muhammad Imran and Saad Khan
Tournament Schedule:
- 11 August – Pakistan Greens v Pakistan Whites
- 12 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Gold
- 13 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Whites
- 14 August – Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Greens
- 15 August – Pakistan Blues v Pakistan Greens
- 16 August – Pakistan Gold v Pakistan Whites
- 18 August – Final (Top two teams)
Tournament officials:
Umpire Panel
Asif Yaqoob, Faisal Khan Aafreedi, Nasir Hussain, Rashid Riaz, Abdul Moqeet, Syed Imtiaz Iqbal, Tariq Rasheed and Zulfiqar Jan
Match Referee
Ali Naqvi and Kamran Chaudhary
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