President's Trophy Grade-I schedule, team rosters announced

LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board has today confirmed the schedule of the President's Trophy Grade-I first-class tournament along with the team rosters of all the eight outfits participating in it. The first red-ball tournament of the 2026-27 domestic cricket season is set to begin from 12 September and will conclude with the five-day final on 28 October. The eight teams include Ghani, Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), Kingsmen Academy, Markhor IT Solutions (MIT), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Pakistan Television (PTV), State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL). The tournament comprises of 28 four-day first-class matches in the single-league round-robin stage where each team will play seven matches, while the top two teams will compete in the final. MIT Solutions, winners of the President's Trophy Grade-II and Kingsmen Academy – runners up – will make their first-class debut in the tournament. A total of seven rounds will be played in the tournament with four matches set to be played in each round. The matches will be played across four cities with Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar, Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad and Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi being the host venues. In the opening round starting on Saturday, Ghani will face KRL, MIT Solutions will face Kingsmen Academy, PTV will be up against OGDCL and SBP will lock horns with SNGPL. Update on President's Trophy Grade-II Gold and Silver: The three-day non-first-class President's Trophy Grade-II Gold and Silver tournaments are expected to begin in the third week of September. The schedule and information about participating teams will be shared in due course. Departmental Grade-I teams have signed the following players for President's Trophy and Cup. They can be picked in playing XIs across both the tournaments as per their availability: Ghani Noman Ali (captain), Mohsin Riaz (vice-captain), Abuzar, Ali Raza, Ali Razzaq, Ali Shabbir, Ghulam Haider, Hafiz Usman Nadeem, Hammad Butt, Haseebullah, Hashim Ibrahim, Hussain Talat, Khawaja Arham, Khurram Shahzad, Mirza Tahir Baig, Moeez Ghani, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Saad Naseem, Saeed Ali, Sameen Gul, Shahbaz Javed, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah and Yahya Bin Abdul Rehman. Khan Research Laboratories Iftikhar Ahmed (captain), Fakhar Zaman (vice-captain), Abdul Faseeh, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ahmad Bashir, Arshad Iqbal, Asim Ali Nasir, Daniyal Ali Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Imran Rafiq, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Hamza, Mohammad Junaid, Mohammad Qaiser, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naseerullah, Raja Hamza Waheed, Raza-ul-Mustafa, Saqib Khan, Sarmad Bhatti, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shahzaib Khan, Shayan Sheikh and Usman Tariq Kingsmen Academy Tayyab Arif (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice-captain), Saud Shakeel, Akif Javed, Aqib Liaqat, Azan Tariq, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Faizan Ghani, Habibullah, Haroon Sadaqat, Hasan Nawaz, Hunain Shah, Maaz Sadaqat, Mehran Mumtaz, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Arshad, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Ilyas, Muhammad Shayan, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Umar, Saad Ali, Saim Ayub, Shoaib Afridi, Sufyan Moqim, Umer Khan, Usman Khan and Zia-ul-Haq. Markhor Information Technology Solutions Husnain Nadeem (captain), Bismillah Khan (vice-captain), Abdullah Hamdani, Abuzar Tariq, Adil Naz, Afaq Ahmed, Ali Asfand, Atizaz Habib Khan, Atiq-ur-Rehman, Khalid Usman, Khubaib Khalil, Maaz Khan, Mohammad Arslan Zia, Mohammad Farooq, Mohammad Imran Jnr, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Nabeel, Mohammad Tahir, Muhammad Riazullah, Mustafa Javed, Rafay Rana, Sajjad Ali, Salman Aslam, Salman Khan, Samama Riaz, Shahab Khan, Syed Awad Naqvi, Tauqeer Abbas, Waleed Zahid Bajwa and Zahid Mansoor. Oil and Gas Development Company Limited Imam-ul-Haq (captain), Rohail Nazir (vice-captain), Ali Imran, Ali Zaryab Asif, Danish Aziz, Jahandad Khan, Mohammad Arsal, Mohammad Hammad Khan, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Amir Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Mushtaq Ahmed, Niaz Khan, Razaullah, Saad Khan, Umar Siddique and Waqar Ahmed. Pakistan Television Shamyl Hussain (captain), Taimur Khan (vice-captain), Ahmad Daniyal, Ali Usman, Amad Butt, Arafat Minhas, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Israr Hussain, Kashif Ali, Khalil Ahmed, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Taha, Muhammad Musa, Muhammad Shahzad, Sharoon Siraj, Waqar Hussain, Yasir Khan and Zahid Mehmood. State Bank of Pakistan Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (captain), Kamran Ghulam (vice-captain), Abdullah, Abid Ali, Afaq Afridi, Ali Shan, Basit Ali, Faham-ul-Haq, Haroon Arshad, Hasan Ali, Hasan Raza, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Abbas, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naqeebullah, Qasim Akram, Rameez Aziz, Shahid Aziz and Sirajuddin Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited Shan Masood (captain), Mohammad Rizwan (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abdul Subhan, Abdullah Shafique, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Hassan Baloch, Athar Mahmood, Azan Awais, Bilawal Bhatti, Farhan Yousuf, Hamza Zahoor, Khan Zaib, Mohammad Rizwan, Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Azab, Muhammad Imran (Randhawa), Omair Bin Yousuf, Saad Baig, Sajid Khan, Sameer Minhas, Shahnawaz Dahani and Shehzad Gul President's Trophy Grade-I Schedule (Departmental first-class tournament – 12 September to 28 October) 12-15 September Ghani v KRL at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar MIT Solutions v Kingsmen Academy at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium PTV v OGDCL at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad SBP v SNGPL at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi 18-21 September Ghani v SNGPL at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad KRL v MIT Solutions at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi SBP v PTV at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium OGDCL v Kingsmen Academy at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar 24-27 September SBP v Ghani at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi KRL v OGDCL at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium SNGPL v MIT Solutions at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar PTV v Kingsmen Academy at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad 30 September-3 October MIT Solutions v Ghani at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Kingsmen Academy v KRL at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi SNGPL v PTV at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar OGDCL v SBP at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad 6-9 October PTV v Ghani at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium KRL v SBP at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar OGDCL v MIT Solutions Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi SNGPL v Kingsmen Academy at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad 12-15 October Ghani v Kingsmen Academy at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar PTV v KRL at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi MIT Solutions v SBP at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad SNGPL v OGDCL at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium 18-21 October OGDCL v Ghani at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad KRL v SNGPL at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi MIT Solutions v PTV at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar Kingsmen Academy v SBP at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Final – Top two teams – 24-28 October – Venue – TBC