National T20 Cup

National T20 Cup
Countries	Pakistan
Administrator	Pakistan Cricket Board
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2004–05
Latest edition	2022–23
Next edition	2023-24
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Sindh (1st title)
Most successful	Sialkot Stallions (6 titles)
TV	List of Broadcasters
Website	www.pcb.com.pk

The National T20 Cup is a men's professional domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Pakistan. Established in 2005, it is one of the world's oldest Twenty20 cricket leagues. It was the principal T20 competition in the country until 2016, when the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise tournament was introduced. Since 2019–20, the National T20 Cup has been contested by six regional teams, having previously been contested mainly by teams representing the various city, district and area cricket associations.

The league's team offices are directed out of its head offices located at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.[1]

History

The National T20 Cup began in the 2004–05 season as the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup and quickly became the premier professional Twenty20 cricket league in Pakistan with 14 teams. It was the first T20 cricket league in the world outside of Australia and England.

As ownership of the title sponsor changed, the competition was renamed to the RBS Twenty-20 Cup in 2008–09, and to the Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup in 2010–11. In the 2014–15 season, the league was renamed to the Haier T20 Cup.

Sialkot Stallions have been the most successful team, winning the title a total of six times.

Teams

Details of each team are set out below.

Team name	Home ground/s	First season	Last title	Titles	Team captain/s
Balochistan	Bugti Stadium Gwadar Cricket Stadium	2019-20	n/a	0	Imam-ul-Haq
Central Punjab	Gaddafi Stadium Iqbal Stadium	2019-20	n/a	0	Babar Azam
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Arbab Niaz Stadium Abbottabad Cricket Stadium	2019-20	2021-22	2	Mohammad Rizwan
Northern	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium House of Northern Cricket Ground	2019-20	2019-20	1	Shadab Khan
Sindh	National Stadium Niaz Stadium	2019-20	2022-23	1	Saud Shakeel
Southern Punjab	Multan Cricket Stadium Bahawal Stadium	2019-20	n/a	0	Sohaib Maqsood

Team Results

Team name	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Balochistan	R (2)	(6)	(6)	(5)
Central Punjab	(6)	(5)	R (2)	(3)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	(4)	W (2)	W (1)	R(1)
Northern	W (1)	(1)	(4)	(4)
Sindh	(5)	(3)	(3)	W (2)
Southern Punjab	(3)	R (4)	(5)	(6)

Notes

W = Winner;
R = Runner-up;
(x) = End of league games table position;

Former teams

Winners and competition details

Year	Final				Format	Teams
Year	Venue	Winners	Result	Runners-up	Format	Teams
2004–05 Details	Lahore	Faisalabad Wolves 159 for 8 (19.5 overs)	Won by 2 wickets Scorecard	Karachi Dolphins 158 for 7 (20 overs)	3-group round-robin, round-robin with top team from each, final	11
2005–06 Details	Karachi	Sialkot Stallions 156 for 4 (19.2 overs)	Won by 6 wickets Scorecard	Faisalabad Wolves 152 for 8 (20 overs)	2-group round-robin, semi-finals, final	13
2006–07 Details	Karachi	Sialkot Stallions 151 all out (20 overs)	Won by 14 runs Scorecard	Karachi Dolphins 137 for 7 (20 overs)	4-group round-robin, semi-finals, final	13
2008–09 Details	Lahore	Sialkot Stallions 126 for 3 (19.4 overs)	Won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Karachi Dolphins 125 for 9 (20 overs)	4-group round-robin, semi-finals, final	13
2009 Details	Lahore	Sialkot Stallions 151 for 6 (19.1 overs)	Won by 4 wickets Scorecard	Lahore Lions 150 for 8 (20 overs)
2009–10 Details	Karachi	Sialkot Stallions 110 for 5 (16.3 overs)	Won by 5 wickets Scorecard	Faisalabad Wolves 109 for 9 (20 overs)
2010–11 Details	Lahore	Lahore Lions 221 for 3 (20 overs)	Won by 37 runs Scorecard	Karachi Dolphins 184 all out (19.4 overs)		13
2011–12 Details	Karachi	Sialkot Stallions 180 for 6 (20 overs)	Won by 10 runs Scorecard	Rawalpindi Rams 170 for 8 (20 overs)		14
2012–13 Details	Lahore	Lahore Lions 154 for 7 (20 overs)	Won by 33 runs Scorecard	Faisalabad Wolves 121 for 8 (20 overs)	2-group round-robin, semi-finals, final	14
2013–14 Details	Rawalpindi	Lahore Lions 131 for 7 (20 overs)	Won by 3 wickets Scorecard	Faisalabad Wolves 130 for 9 (20 overs)	4-group round-robin, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final	17
2014–15 Details	Karachi	Peshawar Panthers 134 for 3 (19.2 overs)	Won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Lahore Lions 133 for 9 (20 overs)	4-group round-robin, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final	18
2015–16 Details	Rawalpindi	Peshawar Panthers 178 for 3 (18.5 overs)	Won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Karachi Zebras 177 for 8 (20 overs)	4-group round-robin, quarter-finals, semi-finals, final	18
2016–17 Details	Multan	Karachi Blues 182 for 3 (20 overs)	Won by 3 runs Scorecard	Karachi Whites 179 for 8 (20 overs)	round-robin, semi-finals, final	8
2017–18 Details	Rawalpindi	Lahore Blues 131 for 3 (17.3 overs)	Won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Lahore Whites 127 for 5 (20 overs)	round-robin, semi-finals, final	8
2018–19 Details	Multan	Lahore Whites 165 for 8 (19.2 overs)	Won by 2 wickets Scorecard	Rawalpindi 162 for 8 (20 overs)	round-robin, semi-finals, final	8
2019–20 Details	Faisalabad	Northern 167 for 5 (20 overs)	Won by 52 runs Scorecard	Balochistan 115 all out (18.2 overs)	round-robin, semi-finals, final	6
2020–21 Details	Rawalpindi	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 206 for 4 (20 overs)	Won by 10 runs Scorecard	Southern Punjab 196 for 8 (20 overs)	double round-robin, semi-finals, final	6
2021–22 Details	Lahore	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 152 for 3 (17 overs)	Won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Central Punjab 148 (20 overs)		6
2022–23 Details	Multan	Sindh 141 for 2 (14.4 overs)	Won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 140 (19.5 overs)		6

Sponsorship

Title sponsor	Period
ABN AMRO	2004–2006
RBS	2008–2010
Faysal Bank	2010–2014
Haier	2014–2016
Jazz	2016–2018
Audionic	2018–2019
Zong 4G	2019–2020
Pepsi	2021–2022
Kingdom Valley	2022–2023

Broadcasters

Territory	Years	Channels & Live Streaming
Pakistan	2022–23	PTV Sports
United Kingdom	2022–23	Geo TV
United States	2022–23	Willow TV
Rest Of The World	2021–2022 2021–2022	Facebook YouTube

References

"Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website". www.pcboard.com.pk.

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