The 69th edition of Pakistan’s premier first-class competition – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – is set to begin from Tuesday, 3 November across Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi with eight teams including defending champions Karachi Blues taking part in the Gold tier.
The tournament is also set to have the 12-team Silver tier running parallel and it will serve as qualifying pathway to the Gold tier for upcoming season. All the four matches in Gold tier will be live-streamed on tapmad and Tamasha, while four out of six in each round of the Silver tier will also be live-streamed.
Defending champions Karachi Blues, Faisalabad, FATA, Lahore Whites, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan and Sialkot Blues are part of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold, which will run from 3 November to 12 December with the final between top two teams set for 15-19 December.
The 12 teams in the Silver competition are divided into two groups of six with Lahore Blues, Rawalpindi, Larkana, Quetta, Bahawalpur, Peshawar Whites in Group A. Meanwhile, Group B comprises of Karachi Whites, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Abbottabad and Sialkot Whites.
Group A matches will be played across three venues across Karachi – KCCA Stadium, SBP and UBL Sports Complexes. The Group B matches will take place at Multan Cricket Stadium, Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan and Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur.
The group matches in the Silver tier will run from 3 to 30 November, while the five-day final between toppers of each group will is slated to take place from 3-7 December.
A total of 29 first-class matches will be played in Gold, while a total of 31 first-class matches are set to be staged in the Silver tier of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026-27.
Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam is set to feature for Lahore Whites in the opening round of the tournament and he will be facing Shaheen Shah Afridi-led FATA at the Diamond Cricket Ground in Islamabad.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – Gold – Team rosters
Faisalabad
Muhammad Irfan Khan (captain), 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
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 (wk), Afaq Afridi, Sameen Gul, Sirajuddin, Hayatullah, Fawad Arshad, Muhammad Usman Khan, Kashif Noor, Adnan Khan
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Akif Javed, Kashif Noor, Khyalman (wk), Muhammad Tahir (U21), Adnan Khan, 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 (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
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 (wk), Haroon Arshad (U21), Afnan Khan, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Raza Chandio, Asad Umar (U21)
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – 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 (wk), Noman Ali, Muhammad Kamran Afzal, Muhammad Salman Mirza, Zulqarnain, Hunain Shah
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Usman Sohail, Noman Latif, Hussain Talat, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Aalyan Salman, 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), Waqar Ahmed (WK)
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Muhammad Basit, Ilman Khan, Alam Zaib, Rana Adeel, Bilal Ahmad, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad, Ali Usman
Head coach – Fahad Masood
Peshawar Blues
Muhammad Rizwan (captain, 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
Head coach – Abdul Rehman
Sialkot Blues
Abdullah Shafique (captain), 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 + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Ali Raza, Rahatullah (wk), Azan Awais, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr
Heach coach – Shahid Yousuf
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy – Silver – Team rosters
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, 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 (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
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 (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
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 (wk), Abu Huraira, Saleem Mal, Farhan Ullah, Abu Bakar, Allah Bakhsh, Muhammad Ali, Shahid Khan, Sajjad Ahmed, Atal Khan, Mir Hazar (wk), 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 (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
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 (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
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 (wk), Sajjad Khan, Usman Qadir, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Zahid, Ahmed Bashir, Nisar Ahmed, Samama Riaz, Muhammad Huzaifa Shujaat, Mohsin Irshad, Sagar Ali (wk)
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 (wk), Shahzaib Aziz (U21), Feroz Alii (U21), Muhammad Umer, Umer Khalid, 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, Ihsanullah
Head coach – Muhammad Saddiq
Quetta
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (captain), 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), Muhamamad Ghous, Naqeebullah, Ghulam Nabi, Zulfiqar Ali, Eshan Ullah, Bilal Ahmed, 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 (wk), Abdul Qadir (wk), Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, Saad Masood, Raza-ul-Mustafa (wk)
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 (wk), Musa Azeem, Saleem, Ameer Hassan, Syed Hussain Sajjad Bukhari, Muhammad Taha Tariq (wk)
Head coach – Shahzad Malik
