PCB reveals full schedule of President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup: Full squads inside

President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup schedule revealed [Source: @hecpkofficial/X.com]

In a recent development, the PCB announced that the eight-team President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup for the 2025-26 season is set to begin on December 8. 

Defending champions State Bank of Pakistan are set to lead the challenge in the 31-match tournament, which concludes on December 25. All sides will compete in a round-robin league stage, promising seven rounds of competitive cricket.

The tournament schedule was confirmed by the Pakistan Cricket Board this Sunday. “The eight teams will take on each other in a single-league round-robin format with four matches taking place in each of the seven rounds,” stated the PCB.

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President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup Format

Eight departmental teams (Ghani Glass, KRL, OGDCL, PTV, Sahir Associates, SNGPL, SBP, WAPDA) are competing in the tournament. The tournament features a single round-robin format in the group stage. Each team plays against every other team once.

In the knockout stage, the top four teams from the group stage typically advance to semi-finals, followed by a final match to determine the champion, consistent with recent PCB domestic one-day tournament structures. Notably, all matches are played in the 50-over limited-overs List A format.

President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup match time

All league matches will be day games, beginning at 9:30 AM following the toss at 9:00 AM.

President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup prize money

The PCB has announced a prize fund of PKR 5 million for the champions, with the runners-up receiving PKR 2.5 million.

President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup 2025 Schedule

President’s Cup Grade-I One-Day Cup 2025 squads

Khan Research Laboratories (KRL)

Iftikhar Ahmed (captain), Abdul Faseeh, Ahmad Bashir, Ahmed Hassan, Aqib Liaqat, Arshad Iqbal, Hamza Nazar, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Amir Barki, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Shayan Sheikh, Muhammad Usman, Mohammad Qaisar, Saad Baig, Saqib, Sarmad Bhatti, Shahzaib Khan, Syed Aqib Shah, Syed Junaid Ali, Waqar Ahmed

Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDL)

Adil Amin (captain), Abbas Ali, Abdul Rehman Muzammil, Alai Imran, Arshadullah, Asif Afridi, Danish Aziz, Haroon Arshad, Imam-ul-Haq, Israrullah, Jawad Ali, Khayyam Khan, Maaz Sadaqat, Mohammad Amir Khan, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi, Muhammad Abuzar, Muhammad Arsal Sheikh, Muhammad Huzaifa, Muhammad Imran, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Umar, Mushatq Ahmed, Raja Hamza Waheed, Sameer Saqib, and Umar Siddiq (wicketkeeper)

Ghani Glass

Moeez Ghani (captain), Abdul Rafay, Afaq Afridi, Ali Razzaq, Ali Shabbir, Hammad Butt, Haseeb-ur-Rehman, Hussain Talat, Kashif Ali, Khawaja Mohammad Arham, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Mohsin Riaz, Muhammad Umair, Noman Ali, Saad Nasim, Saaed Ali, Sameen Gul, Shadab Khan, Shahbaz Javed (wicketkeeper), Sharjeel Khan, Shawaiz Irfan, Shoaib Akhtar, Tayyab Tahir, Ubaid Shah, Yahya bin Abdul Rehman, and Zafar Gohar

Sahir Associates

Asim Ali Nasir (captain, wicketkeeper), Abdullah, Ahmed Khan, Ahmer Ashfaq, Asfand Mehran, Attaullah, Fahad Usman, Hafiz Muhammad Suleman, Intasar Ali, Khan Zeb, Khawaja Muhammad Abdullah, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Afaq, Muhammad Afzal, Muhammad Azeem Dar, Muhammad Basit, Muhammad Bilawal, Muhammad Zahid Khan Mehmand, Muhammad Kashif, Rawayat Khan, Razaullah, Saad Din Muhammad Athar, Saleem, Shahid Ali, Syed Ameer Abdullah Hamdani, and Usman Khan

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL)

Shan Masood (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdul Samad, Abdul Subhan, Abid Ali, Ali Zaryab, Athar Mehmood, Azan Awais, Bilawal Bhatti, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Irfan, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Azab, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Salman, Mohammad Shahzad, Omair bin Yousuf, Saad Khan, Saifullah Bangash (wicketkeeper), Sajid Khan, Shahnawaz Dahani

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)

Imran Butt (captain), Ali Shan (wicketkeeper), Hassan Raza, Kashif Ali, Kashif Bhatti, Mehran Mumtaz, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Ghazi Ghori (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Hurraira, Mohammad Ismail, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Niaz Khan, Qasim Akram, Rameez Aziz, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel, Shahid Aziz, and Sirajuddin

Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)

Khalid Usman (captain), Abdul Razzaq, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Akif Javed, Aqib Khan, Azan Afridi, Ayaz Tasawar, Bismillah Khan (wicketkeeper), Fakhar Zaman, Malhar Rasool, Mohammad Ammar, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Imran Dogar, Mohammad Waseem Jnr, Mohammad Zeeshan, Muhammad Adil, Muhammad Akhlaq (wicketkeeper), Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Ismail, Muhammad Naeem, Muhammad Naveed, Muhammad Umair, Mujtaba Khan, Nabi Gul, Naqeebullah, Rafay Rana, Rehan Afridi, Sharoon Siraj, and Usman Iqbal

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