Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026-27 Squads Announced
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the team rosters for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2026-27, featuring several prominent national players across the Gold and Silver tiers.
The 69th edition of Pakistan’s premier first-class competition will begin on November 3, with eight teams competing in the Gold tier and 12 sides taking part in the Silver competition.
Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam will represent Lahore Whites, while Shaheen Shah Afridi will lead FATA. Meanwhile, Mohammad Rizwan will captain Peshawar Blues, Saud Shakeel will lead defending champions Karachi Blues, and Abdullah Shafique will captain Sialkot Blues.
The Gold tier will feature 29 first-class matches, while the Silver competition will stage 31 matches and serve as a qualifying pathway to the Gold tier for the next season.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold Teams and Squads
The eight Gold-tier teams have announced their initial rosters, including captains, reserve players and head coaches.
Faisalabad
| Muhammad Irfan Khan (c) | Abdul Samad (vc) | Ahmed Safi Abdullah |
| Atiq-ur-Rehman | Shehzad Gul | Ali Asfand |
| Faheem Ashraf | Sameer Saqib | Ali Shan (wk) |
| Faham-ul-Haq (U210 | Muhammad Awais Zafar | Asad Raza |
| Khurram Shahzad | Malik Abdul Rafay | Asim Ali Nasir (wk) |
Reserves: Daniyal Ali Khan, Mudasir Zunair, Ali Hassan, Muhammad Afzal, and Saifullah Khan.
Head coach: Samiullah Niazi.
FATA
| Shaheen Shah Afridi (c) | Muhammad Farooq (U21) | Sameen Gul |
| Sirajuddin | Salman Khan Jnr. | Afaq Afridi |
| Hayatullah | Kashif Noor | Rehan Afridi (wk) |
| Fawad Arshad | Muhammad Sarwar | Shahid Aziz |
| Muhammad Usman Khan | Muhammad Wasim Khan | Khushdil Shah |
| Kashif Noor | Adnan Khan |
Reserves: Akif Javed, Kashif Noor, Khyalman (wk), Muhammad Tahir (U21), Adnan Khan and Muhammad Usman Khan.
Head coach: Riaz Afridi.
Islamabad
| Shamyl Hussain (c) | Raja Hamza Waheed | Ali Imran |
| Azim Bari | Muhammad Waseem Jnr. | Sajid Raza |
| Sarmad Bhatti | Musa Khan | Mohammad Qaiser |
| Muhammad Hammad Khan | Rohail Nazir (wk) | Asfand Yar |
| Hasan Nawaz | Azan Tariq | Umer Hameed |
Reserves: Shahid Islam, Sudais Ulfat, Rizwan Ali (wk), Muhammad Qaiser and Muhammad Sufyan.
Head coach: Naveed Latif.
Karachi Blues
| Saud Shakeel (c) | Saim Ayub | Afnan Khan |
| Omair Bin Yousuf | Haroon Arshad (U21) | Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk) |
| Abdul Basit | Usman Khan (wk) | Muhammad Asghar |
| Umer Farooq (U21) | Rameez Aziz | Muhammad Umar |
| Danish Aziz | Saifullah Bangash | Muhammad Hamza Sohail |
| Muhammad Raza Chandio | Asad Umar (U21) |
Reserves: 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
| Aamer Jamal (c) | Babar Azam | Ali Zaryab |
| Muhammad Mohsin | Muhammad Akhlaq | Mohib Haider |
| Muhammad Salman Mirza | Zain Bin Farooq (wk) | Muhammad Faiq |
| Zulqarnain | Noman Ali | Muhammad Imran |
| Hunain Shah | Muhammad Kamran Afzal | Tayyab Tahir |
Reserves: Usman Sohail, Noman Latif, Hussain Talat, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Aalyan Salman and Ahmed Daiyal.
Head coach: Aizaz Cheema.
Multan
| Imam-ul-Haq (c) | Uzair Mumtaz | Hasan Hafeez (U21) |
| Yousuf Babar | Waseem Akram Jnr. | Faisal Akram |
| Moheer Saeed (U21) | Mohammad Ismail (U21) | Bilal Khan (U21) |
| Sharoon Siraj | Muhammad Shan (U21) | Waqar Ahmed (wk) |
| Imran Rafiq | Aamer Yamin |
Reserves: Muhammad Basit, Ilman Khan, Alam Zaib, Rana Adeel, Bilal Ahmad, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad and Ali Usman.
Head coach: Fahad Masood.
Peshawar Blues
| Muhammad Rizwan (wk) | Sahibzada Farhan | Muhammad Irfan |
| Maaz Sadaqat | Sajid Khan | Muhammad Abbas Afridi |
| Muhammad Haris (wk) | Muhammad Haleem | Muhammad Amir Khan |
| Israullah | Nabi Gul | Niaz Khan |
| Iftikhar Ahmed | Najab Khan (U21) | Muhammad Adnan (U21) |
Reserves: Muhammad Seyam, Sahibzada Abdullah, Muhammad Haleem, Najeebullah and Muhammad Wisal.
Head coach: Abdul Rehman.
Sialkot Blues
| Abdullah Shafique (c) | Muhammad Tayyab Arif (vc) | Hamza Sheraz | Afzaal Manzoor (wk) |
| Muhammad Huraira | Hasan Ali | Ammad Butt | Tayyab Ali |
| Ahmed Hassan | Muhammad Ali | Athar Mehmood | Hamza Nazar |
| Mohsin Riaz | Muhammad Hamza | Shahzaib Bhatti | Muhammad Abdul Rehman |
Reserves: Ali Raza, Rahatullah (wk), Azan Awais and Shoaib Akhtar Jnr.
Head coach: Shahid Yousuf.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver Teams and Squads
The Silver tier features 12 teams divided into two groups. Their rosters include several emerging players and experienced domestic cricketers.
Abbottabad
| Khalid Usman (c) | Muhammad Shayan | Arshad Iqabl | Khan Zaib |
| Shahzaib Khan | Umair Badshah | Razaullah | Muhammad Arif |
| Kamran Ghulam | Muhammad Riazullah | Israr Hussain | Aftab Khan |
| Fakhar Zaman | Mohsin Khan | Aqib Khan | Mehroz Rasheed |
| Zain Ishaq | Ahmed Khan | Junaid Ahmed | Khayyam Khan |
Head coach: Saqib Faqir.
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
| Hasan Raza (c) | Husnain Nadeem (U21) | Hamad Islam | Hassan Ali |
| Awais Akram (wk) | Aqib Liaqat | Aman Arshad | Umer Hayat |
| Sufyan Muqeem | Muhammad Jawad | Usman Yousuf | Muhammad Ammar (U21) |
| Zaman Khan | Adil Azad | Raja Farhan (wk) | Saad Mumtaz |
| Muhammad Faizan Saleem | Usman Maroof | Shadab Majeed | Naveed Malik |
Head coach: Nadeem Afzal.
Bahawalpur
| Muhammad Imran Randhawa (c) | Mohammad Alamgir | Muhammad Junaid | Muhammad Huzaifa (U21) |
| Mohammad Ammar (U21) | Mohammad Shahiryar | Muhammad Khaqan Bashir | Muhammad Faizan |
| Muhammad Aon Shahzad | Ali Afzal | Muhammad Azab | Mohammad Faizan Zafar |
| Ali Hamza Wasim | Muhammad Umair | Muhammad Basit | Rana Muhammad Burhan Basharat |
| Muhammad Sudais | Muhammad Akram (wk) | Shoaib Manzoor | Ali Shabbir (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 (c) | Nasir Khan | Abu Huraira | Shahid Khan |
| Dawood Khan | Aqib Junaid | Saleem Mal | Sajjad Ahmed |
| Muhammad Deen | Muhammad Uzair | Farhan Ullah | Atal Khan |
| Muhammad Shahid | Ubaid Ullah | Abu Bakar | Mir Hazar (wk) |
| Shahbaz Ali (wk) | Taimur Ali | Allah Bakhsh | Muhammad Ali |
Head coach: Hussain Khosa.
Hyderabad
| Saad Khan (c) | Muhammad Suleman | Muhammad Umair (U21) | Muhammad Ahsan (U21) |
| Zain-ul-Abdin (U21) | Daniyal Hussain Rajput | Ayaz Khan (U21) | Muhammad Sikandar |
| Muhammad Saddam | Rizwan Mehmood | Mustafa Nasir | Akbar Khan (wk) |
| Haris Khan | Nabeel Ahmed (wk) | Mohammad Hasnain | Kashif Bhatti |
| Ubaidullah Rahupoto (U21) | Jawad Ali | Asad Malik | Muhammad Waleed |
Head coach: Azeem Ghumman.
Karachi Whites
| Jahanzaib Sultan (c) | Huzaifa Ahsan (U21) | Rehman Ghani | Imran Shah | Najeeb-ur-Rehman |
| Muhammad Taha | Muhammad Taha Mehmood | Maaz Khurram Amin | Muhammad Ali Butt | Arif Yaqoob |
| Aibaad Khan (U21) | Kashif Ali | Fahad Amin | Sabeh Siddiqui | Muhammad Makki |
| Muhammad Usman Rahim | Ghulam Ashraf (wk) | Abdul Rauf (U21) | Fahad Ansari (wk) | Muhammad Azaan (U21) |
| Khawaja Muhammad Nafay (U21) | Saifulllah | Asadullah Hamza | Syed Shah Raza Naqvi |
Head coach: Saeed Bin Nasir.
Lahore Blues
| Imran Butt (c) | Umer Siddiq | Muhammad Saleem | Hashim Ibrahim |
| Khawaja Muhammad Abdullah (wk) | Muhammad Zahid | Muhammad Huzaifa Shujaat | Qasim Akram |
| Sajjad Khan | Ahmed Bashir | Mohsin Irshad | Ali Razzaq |
| Usman Qadir | Nisar Ahmed | Sagar Ali | Ali Hassan Baloch |
| Muhammad Salman | Samama Riaz | Obaid Shahid |
Head coach: Ashraf Ali.
Larkana
| Zahid Mehmood (c) | 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 Ali (U21) | Muhammad Umer | Umer Khalid | Muhammad Saboor |
Head coach: Faisal Ather.
Peshawar Whites
| Waqar Ahmed (c) | 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 | Ahmed Hussain |
| Usman Tariq | Ihsanullah |
Head coach: Muhammad Saddiq.
Quetta
| Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (c) | 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) | Muhammad Ghous | Naqeebullah | Ghulam Nabi |
| Zulfiqar Ali | Eshan Ullah | Bilal Ahmed | Abdul Hameed |
Head coach: Wajahatullah Wasti.
Rawalpindi
| Mohammad Nawaz (c) | Yasir Khan | Abdul Faseeh | Affan Ishaq (U21) |
| Haider Ali | Taimur Khan (wk) | Mehran Mumtaz | Nasir Nawaz |
| Mubasir Khan | Aqib Shah | Shehbaz Tabraiz Kyani | Kashif Ali |
| Muhammad Nabeel (U21) | Muhammad Faizan Ghani | Abdul Qadir (wk) | Jahandad Khan |
| Shadab Khan | Saad Masood | Raza-ul-Mustafa (wk) | Badruddin |
Head coach: Afaq Raheem.
Sialkot Whites
| Muhammad Husnain Khan (c) | Khawaja Arham | Aashir Mehmood | Mirza Tahir Baig |
| Muhammad Tayyab | Qasim Sajjad | Muhammad Hammad Sarwar | Rizwan Ahmed |
| Mubashir Aslam | Raza Shahzaib (wk) | Abdullah Nawaz | Salman Aslam |
| Abdul Rehman Saad | Sharjeel Ahmed | Muhammad Taha Tariq (wk) | Inzamam-ul-Haq |
| Musa Azeem | Saleem | Ameer Hassan | Syed Hussain Sajjad Bukhari |
Head coach: Shahzad Malik.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Squad Rules
Teams will operate with revolving rosters throughout the tournament. Each side will have 15 travelling members and can also select players from its reserves or national-duty pool.
Players listed under the national-duty category will be available for selection when they are free from national commitments or when required by their respective teams.
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