National T20 Cup 2020 Squad Teams Players
This is the first National T20 Cup based on double leagues. The PCB has confirmed the squads for National T20 Cup 2020. The first National T20 Cup was held in 2005 and that was a very good step taken by PCB to give opportunities to the young blood.
This National T20 tournament will be starting on 30th September 2020 to 18th October 2020.
This tournament will be the best opportunity for the players to show their talent and made their place in the drafts of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) which will be held in the month of November 2020 and also for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021.
The National T20 Cup 2020 contained six teams and each team will play ten matches and in the end top four teams will qualify for National T20 Cup 2020 Quarter-finals.
National T20 Cup 2020 Venues:
The National T20 Cup will be held at two venues first round matches will be at Multan Cricket Stadium from 30th September to 6th October.
The second round matches will be start from 9th October to 18th October at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and final will also hosted by Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Two matches will be played in one day and all matches will be played behind the doors due to spread of Covid-19.
National T20 Cup 2020 All Matches Schedules:
All these matches will be start at Pakistan standard time and each day two matches will played.
This best step was taken by the PCB by giving chance to the new emerging stars by held these type of tournaments. These types of tournaments quite helpful for the selectors in finding new stars of cricket.
Here the Schedule of National T20 Cup 2020 matches.
| Matches | Date | Time | Venue |
| Northern vs KPK | 30th Sep | 3:00 pm | Multan |
| Central Punjab vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Balochistan vs Sindh | 1st Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Northern vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Balochistan vs KPK | 2nd Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Central Punjab vs Sindh | 7:30 pm | ||
| Northern vs Central Punjab | 3rd Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| KPK vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Balochistan vs Southern Punjab | 4th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Northern vs Sindh | 7:30 pm | ||
| KPK vs Sindh | 5th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Balochistan vs Central Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| KPK vs Central Punjab | 6th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Balochistan vs Northern | 7:30 pm | Rawalpindi Rawalpindi | |
| Northern vs Central Punjab | 9th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Sindh vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Balochistan vs KPK | 10th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Central Punjab vs Sindh | 7:30 pm | ||
| Northern vs Southern Punjab | 11th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Balochistan vs Sindh | 7:30 pm | ||
| KPK vs Southern Punjab | 12th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Balochistan vs Central Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| KPK vs Sindh | 13th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Central Punjab vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Northern vs Sindh | 14th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| KPK vs Central Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Balochistan vs Northern | 15th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Sindh vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Northern vs KPK | 16th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Balochistan vs Southern Punjab | 7:30 pm | ||
| Semi-Final 1 | 17th Oct | 3:00 pm | |
| Semi-Final 2 | 7:30 pm | ||
| Final | 18th Oct | 7:30 pm |
National T20 Cup 2020 Teams:
Six teams are playing this tournament and each team has a squad of 16 players in First X1. Every team has a good combination of bowlers and batsmen. It would be a good competition for all the teams to win a title.
- Balochistan
- Southern Punjab
- Sindh
- KPK
- Northern
- Central Punjab
Balochistan Team Squad:
| Haris Sohail(c) | Bismillah Khan(vc,wk) | Akif javed | Akbar-ur-Rehman |
| Ammad Butt | Awais Zia | Imam-ul-Haq | Imran Farhat |
| Kashif Bhatti | Khurram Shahzad | Taimur Khan | Umaid Asif |
| Umar Gul | Usama Mir | Yasir Shah | Imran Butt |
Coaches &Staff:
Khuda Bux Silaci (Manger), Faisal Iqbal (Head Coach), Wasim Haider (assistant coach)
Ajab gul khan (trainer), Arif Shah(Physio), Shahkir Khilji (Analyst)
Balochistan team has a good squad with mixture of some most experience players and new youngsters.
Haris Sohail is very good left handed batsman and good average in T20 matches and have good experience of this t20 game,
While on the other hand Umar Gul and Yasir Shah kill the need of bowling. Both players played a lot of cricket for Pakistan.
Players to watch out: Haris Sohail , Umar Gul
Youngsters to watch out: Akif javed
Central Punjab Team Squad:
| Babar Azam (c) | Saad Nasim (vc) | Abdullah Shafiq | Abid Ali |
| Ahmed Bashir | Bilal Asif | Ehsan Adil | Faheem Ashraf |
| Irfan Khan Niazi | Kamran Akmal (wk) | Naseem Shah | Qasim Akram |
| Rizwan Hussain | Sohaib-ullah | Usman Qadir | Zafar Gohar |
Coaches & Staff:
Akram Raza (Manager), Humayun Farhat (Asistant coach), Muhammad Asad (physio)
Yasir Mahmood (trainer), Adil Yasin (Analyst)
Central Punjab has good combination of the bowlers and batsmen. Especially Babar Azam and Kamran Akmal. Babar Azam is no.3 T20 batsman in the world. He had very unique technique and high average in T20 matches. Unluckily Central Punjab would have to play first round matches without Babar Azam because of his contract with Somerset team in England. He will join in second round matches at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium matches.
Kamran Akmal is the most aggressive player as an opening batsman in the T20 matches and most experienced player as a wicketkeeper in Pakistan team.
In this Squad of Central Punjab team Naseem Shah is very exiciting young palyer and had fine pace in fast bowling.While on the spin bowling side Usman Qadir had good skills in bowling.
Players to watch out: Babar Azam, Kamran Kmal
Youngster to watch out: Naseem Shah
Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KPK) Team Squad:
| Muhammad Rizwan (c,wk) | Junaid Khan (vc) | Asif Afridi | Fakhar Zaman |
| Arshad iqbal | Ifitikhar Ahmad | Mauhammad Hafeez | Imran khan Snr |
| Muhammad Mohsin | Sahibzada Farhan | Muhammad Haris (wk) | Shaheen Shah Afridi |
| Shoaib Malik | Usman khan Shinwari | Wahab Riaz | Zohaib Khan |
Coaches & Staff:
Abdul Razzaq (Head coach), Farrukh Zaman (Manger), Aftab khan (assistant coach), Imranullah(Trainer),Rehan Khalid (Physio), Waleed Ahmad (Analyst)
The KPK Squad has many experienced players as compared to others Squad in National T20 Cup 2020.
Muhammad Hafeez and Shoaib Malik are most experienced palyers in KPK Squad and both players played a lot of cricket for their country Pakistan. Both these players lead the Pakistan team as a captain in their career and very well-known about todays cricket. The KPK Squad will be relying wery much on these players.
Fakhar Zaman is also wonderfull left handed batsman and he had also good average in T20 formats. While on the bowling side this KPK Squad has very good fast bowlers specially Junaid Khan , Shaheen Shah Afridi and Wahab Riaz. These bowlers can give tough time to any Squad in this tournament.
Shaheen Shah Afridi will join the KPK Squad in second round matches at Rawalpindi Cricket stadium because of his contract in England county cricket.
Players to watch out: Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Hafeez
Youngsters to watch out: Shaheen Shah Afridi
Northern Team Squad:
| Imad Wasim (c) | Shahdab khan (vc) | Ali Imran | Asif Ali |
| Farzan Raja | Haider Ali | Haris Rauf | Muhammad Amir |
| Hammad Azam | Muhammad Nawaz | Umar Amin | Sohail Tanvir |
| Rohail Nazir (wk) | Sohail Akhtar | Zeeshan Malik | Musa Khan |
Coaches & Staff:
Afaq Rahim (manager), Muhammad Wasim (Head coach),Muhammad Mansooor (Asistant Coach), Ali Sufyan (Physio), Muhammad Aslam (trainer), Muhammad Ahsan Ehsan (Analyst).
The Northen team has very strong batting line-up. The captain Imad Wasim himself is a good all-rounder. This team has good combination of best batsmen and bowlers.
In Northern team two youngsters especially Haider Ali and Haris Rauf are talented players. Both have class and unique skills.Both of them were selected for the tour of England and played the sensible game.
Well, on the bowling side everyone loved to see Muhammad Amir bowling. He is a player of big matches. In Champions Trophy 2017 final his spell was outstanding. He took the wickets of Indian top order early in the match and made the way of winning final for Pakistan very easy . While Sohail Tanir has also his class. He is the most experienced bowler in Northern Squad of National T20 Cup.
Player to watch out: Shahdab Khan, Asif Ali, Muhammad Amir
Youngsters to watch out: Haider Ali, Haris Rauf
Sindh Team Squad:
| Sarfraz Ahmad (c,wk) | Asad Shafiq | Ahsan Ali | Anwar Ali |
| Azam Khan | Saud Shahkeel | Danish Aziz | Hassan Khan |
| Khurram Manzoor | Mir Hamza | Muhammad Asghar | Shrjeel Khan |
| Muhammad Husnain | Ruman Raees | Sohail Khan | Muhammad Taha |
Coaches & Staff:
Rashid Khan (Manager), Basit Ali (head coach), Iqbal Imam (Asistant coach),Imran Khalil(trainer), Imtiaz khan (Physio), Muhammad Asim (analyst).
The Sindh team has very talented combination of team as compared to the rest of the team in National T20 tournament.The captain Sarfraz Ahmad has a very good captaincy career and he hnows how to lead the team in these type of formats.
Sind Team has good bowling attack like right arm fast bowler Muhammad Husnain.He had good pace and he is still 20 years old. In his growing stages the pace will automatically increase that’s help him in making his bright future. While on the spin Muhammad Asghar had very good unique skills to bowl ina critical match situation.
Sindh team had some good hitters in the middle order like Anwar Ali and Azam khan. In the opening pair Shrjeel khan would be very hand for the Sindh team.
Players to watch out: Shrjeel Khan, Sarfraz ahmad.
Youngsters to watch out: Muhammad Husnain, Hassan Khan.
Southern Punjab:
| Shan Masood (c) | Hussain Talat (vc) | Aamir Yamin | Ali Shafiq |
| Bilawal Bhatti | Khushdil Shah | Mohammad Abbas | Muhammad Ilyas |
| Muhammad Irfan | Rahat Ali | Saif Baddar | Sohaib Maqsood |
| Umar Khan | Umar Siddiq Khan | Zahid Mahmood | Zeeshan Ashraf (wk) |
Coaches & Staff:
Shahid Butt (manger),Abdul rehman (head coach), Aizaz Cheema (Asistant coach), Khwaja Rohail Ali (Trainer), Muhammad Tayyab (Physio), Muhammad faisal Rai (Analyst).
Southern Punjab has a decent combination of batsmen and bowlers in squad. This team has many new players which have some special talent like Muhammad Ilyas and Saif Baddar. Both of the players played exceptionally well in PSL 2020.
In Southern Punjab Squad some experienced players are playing also like Muhammad Irfan and Shan Masood. While in the middle order they have hard hitter Sohaib Maqsood. He made a half century on his debut ODI match by showing his class of power hitting and played a lot of cricket for Pakistan. Well in the opening pair Khudhdil Shah has also very good strike rate in T20 format.This team will also give tough time to the other teams of tournament.
Players to watch out: Sohaib Maqsood, Muhammad Irfan, Amir Yamin
Youngsters to watch out: Muhammad Ilyas
National T20 Cup 2020 Broadcasters :
The PCB contract with PTV Sports Network to telecast all Matches of National T20 Cup. PTV Sports channel served the Pakistan Cricket Board in many big leagues like PSL and national tournaments. Whereas you can also watch live match on facebook.
National T20 Cup 2020 Commentators:
The Pakistan Cricket board reveals the List of Commentators for National T20 Cup 2020.
| Ramiz Raja | Wasim Akram | Zainab Abbas | Sikandar Bakhat | Bazid Khan |
| Sana Mir | Sawera Pasha | Shehzar Muhammad | Tariq Saeed | Azhar Ali |
Ramiz Raja will be available at first two days matches and in the semi-final and final of the tournament while Wasim Akram will be available at weekend 9, 10, 11 September 2020.
Female presenters Zainab Abbas will present the match for short term eight days while Sawera Pasha will host the pre match shows.
While Bazid Khan will be available for first round matches commentary in Multan. On the other Azhar Ali Sana Mir , Marina Iqbal and famous urdu commentator Tariq Saeed will entertain the people with their commentary.
National T20 Cup 2020 Point Table
| Team | M | W | L | NRR | Pts | Last 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | +3.950 | 2 | |||
| 2 | CP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.672 | 2 | |||
| 3 | BAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 | |||
| 4 | SK | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.000 | 0 | |||
| 5 | SPP | 1 | 0 | 1 | -0.672 | 0 | |||
| 6 | KPK | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3.950 | 0 |
Winning Prize of National T20 Cup:
In the end of the competition, there is always a winner who works hard throughout the tournament and becomes a champion. The Winning Prize of National T20 Cup 2020 is Rs.5 Million. While in the final runner-up team is also awarded prizes and the runner-up team winning prize is Rs.2.5 Million.
All the players who played well throughout the tournament are also appreciated and awarded with lot of cash prizes. The cash prize of man of tournament is Rs.35000 and the man of the match prize is Rs.25000.
All are the best team squads and it will be a tough competition to see. Everybody love to see their favourite players playing in National T20 Cup. Every team will put their best efforts to win the title and result will be shown on 18th September 2020. There is going to be something very special for Pakistan cricket.