The National T20 Cup will begin from Friday at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad with defending champions Karachi Region Whites taking on Islamabad Region.
On the same day, Bahawalpur Region will take on Dera Murad Jamali Region at the same venue.
18 teams from 16 regions will feature in the tournament, with participating teams divided into four groups. The matches will also be played at Lahore's two venues – Gaddafi Stadium and LCCA and Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan. The top two sides from each group will qualify for the quarter-final stage, which will be played at the Iqbal Stadium on 23 and 24 March, with the semi-finals set to take place at the same venue on 26 March.
The final of the tournament will be played at the Iqbal Stadium on 27 March, with the winning team bagging a prize money of PKR five million, while the runners-up will have to settle with PKR 2.5 million. The double-header matches in Faisalabad will begin at 7pm PKT, while the matches in Lahore and Multan will start at 4.30pm PKT.
The tournament matches at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad will be broadcast live on Geo Super, while live-streaming will be available on Tapmad in Pakistan.
To attract fans to witness their favourite players in action at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad, the entrance to the stadium is free for spectators for matches from 14 to 20 March. The tickets for matches scheduled for 21 to 27 March, which include quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will be available to fans at TCS express centres, with more details to be confirmed in due course.
No reduction in match fees of domestic players: Mohsin Naqvi
Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Mohsin Naqvi, has taken notice of the decision to reduce the match fees for domestic cricketers participating in the National T20 Tournament.
A spokesperson for PCB stated that the chairman has directed that players' match fees in the tournament should not be reduced.
He emphasized that no such cuts should be made and instructed the Director of Domestic Cricket, Abdullah Khurram Niazi, to take immediate action in this regard.
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