Pakistan National T20 Cup: All you need to know

To the delight of Pakistani cricket fans, the country's premier T20 tournament, Pakistan National T20 Cup, will commence tomorrow. 

The two-leg tournament, which is scheduled in Multan and Rawalpindi from August 30 to September 19, will see six teams; Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh, Southern Punjab and Northern Cricket team, battle it out on 33 occasions for the all-important trophy. Saud Shakeel's Sindh will clash with Agha Salman's Southern Punjab in the opening encounter tomorrow. 

Notably,  the second XIs Cricket Associations Cup will be played concurrently with the National T20 Cup in Quetta from September 2 to 15. 

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The participation of many international stars like Yasir Shah, Shan Masood, Junaid Khan, Shoaib Malik, Abdullah Shafique, Sarfaraz Ahmed etc., is a significant highlight of the event, which will likely bring thousands of spectators into the stands. 

Squads: 

Balochistan: Yasir Shah (c), Shan Masood, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Akif Javed, Ali Waqas, Amad Butt, Asad Shafiq, Haris Sohail, Haseebullah (wk), Hussain Talat, Junaid Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Junaid and Sajjad Ali

Central Punjab: Faheem Ashraf (c), Abdullah Shafique (vc), Ahmed Shehzad, Ahmed Daniyal, Ali Asfand, Hunain Shah, Irfan Khan Niazi, Junaid Ali (wk), Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Faizan, Qasim Akram, Shoaib Malik, Tayyab Tahir, Usama Mir and Wahab Riaz

Northern: Umar Amin (c), Ali Imran (vc), Aamer Jamal, Hassan Nawaz, Mehran Mumtaz, Mubasir Khan, Mohammad Huraira, Nasir Nawaz, Rohail Nazir (wk), Salman Irshad, Shoaib Amir, Sohail Tanvir, Umer Khan, Usman Khan Shinwari and Zaman Khan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Khalid Usman (c), Kamran Ghulam (vc), Adil Amin, Aamer Azmat, Arshad Iqbal, Asif Afridi, Ihsanullah, Imran Khan Snr, Israrullah, Maaz khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Haris (wk), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Mohammad Amir Khan and Sahibzada Farhan

Sindh: Saud Shakeel (c), Mir Hamza (vc), Abrar Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Asif Mahmood, Danish Aziz, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rumman Raees, Saad Khan, Saim Ayub, Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk), Sharjeel Khan, Syed Faraz Ali, Zahid Mehmood and Zeeshan Zameer

Southern Punjab: Salman Ali Agha (c), Ahmad Bashir, Ali Majid, Amir Yamin, Faisal Akram, Hassan Khan, Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Moinuddin, Mohammad Ilyas, Sameen Gul, Sharoon Siraj, Sohaib Maqsood, Zain Abbas and Zeeshan Ashraf (wk)

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