Pakistan Cup 2022-23: All you need to know

image-lbgh8pt2Sahibzada Farhan (Source: Twitter)

Pakistan Cup 2022-23, the country's premier white-ball tournament will take place from December 10 to January 3 in Karachi. It will mark the final tournament of Pakistan's 2022/23 domestic season as well. 

PCB on Friday confirmed the squads of all six teams participating in the tournament.  Balochistan, the defending champions will be led by Yasir Shah. They will lock horns with Umar Amin's Northern in the first fixture of the event. 

The fast bowler Hasan Ali will lead the Southern Punjab team, while Aamir Yamin and Khalid Usman have been handed leadership roles for Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The tournament will comprise of a total of 33 matches, including the semi-finals and final. Furthermore, the prize money for the winner is PKR  5 million, while the runner-up will get PKR 2.5 million. 

Players to Watch 

Sahibzada Farhan - The right-handed batter returned as the leading run-getter in National T20 2022-23 with 429 runs in 12 games. 

Sohail Khan - He scalped 21 wickets in 12 games of the National T20 and emerged as tournament's most successful bowler. 

Sharjeel Khan - The experienced campaigner  garnered 328 runs in 12 innings to help Sindh clinch National T20 Cup title. 

Tayyab Tahir - Tayyab has shown consistency in red-ball and white-ball formats. He held an average of 59 in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and 41 in National T20. 

image-lbgh6sghMohammad Ilyas (Source: Twitter)

Mohammad Ilyas - With 20 wickets in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, and 15 wickets in National T20, the talented pacer has been terrific in this domestic season. 

Squads of Pakistan Cup 2022-23

Balochistan

Yasir Shah (Captain), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Ali Waqas, Ammad Butt, Aqif Javed, Bismillah Khan, Haris Sohail, Haseebullah, Hussain Talat, Imran Butt, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shahzad, Muhammad Junaid, Nasir Khan and Sajjad Ali

Central Punjab

Aamir Yamin (Captain), Ahmed Shahzad, Ali Shafiq, Bilawal Bhatti, Hunain Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Junaid Ali, Mohammad Faizan, Qasim Akram, Rizwan Hussain, Saif Badar, Tayyab Tahir, Usama Mir, Waqas Maqsood and Zafar Gohar

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Adil Amin, Amir Azmat, Ihsanullah, Imran Khan Sr., Kamran Ghulam, Khalid Usman (Captain), Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Haris, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Sarwar Afridi, Niaz Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Sajid Khan and Waqar Ahmed

Northern

Umar Amin (Captain), Aamir Jamal, Athar Mehmood, Haider Ali, Kashif Ali, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Huraira, Muhammad Musa, Rohail Nazir, Syed Aqib Shah, Umer Khan, Umer Waheed, Usman Khan Shinwari and Zeeshan Malik

Sindh

Omair Bin Yousaf (Captain), Afnan Khan, Aliyan Mehmood, Asif Mahmood, Danish Aziz, Habibullah, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Umar, Saad Khan, Saifullah Bangash, Saim Ayub, Shahnawaz Dahani, Sharjeel Khan and Sohail Khan

Southern Punjab

Hasan Ali (Captain), Ali Majid, Arafat Minhas, Hassan Khan, Imran Rafiq, Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Ilyas, Sameen Gul, Sharoon Siraj, Tahir Hussain, Umer Siddque, Usman Qadir, Usman Salahuddin, Zain Abbas and Zeeshan Ashraf

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