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The schedule for the National T20 Cup 2023-24 has been announced

By News Desk November 23, 2023 · 4:21 pm PKT · 3 min read

The National T20 2023-24 is scheduled to start from November 24 and will continue till December 10. 18 teams will participate in the tournament which is scheduled to be held at four venues – National Bank Stadium, UBL Sports Complex, HPC Oval Ground and NBP Sports Complex – in Karachi.

The double-header matches at the National Bank Stadium will start at 1500 PKT and 2000 PKT, with tip-off at 1430 PKT and 1930 PKT respectively.

Find a schedule here

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also announced free entry for spectators for all matches played at the National Bank Stadium. Hanif Mohammad, Javed Miandad and Fazal Mahmood precincts will be accessible to spectators.

The 63-match tournament is structured to open with group stage matches, followed by Super Eight matches. A total of 32 group stage matches are scheduled to be played from November 24 to 28. 18 participating teams have been divided into four groups.

Find groups of groups here

Group A: Lahore Whites, Peshawar, Karachi Blues, Larkana and Quetta

Group B: Lahore Blues, Karachi Whites, Islamabad, Hyderabad and Dera Murad Jamali

Group C: Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur

Group D: Multan, Sialkot, FATA and AJK

The first set of matches will see Lahore Whites take on Larkana and Karachi Blues take on Peshawar at the NBP Sports Complex in Group A. In Group B, Karachi Whites will play against Islamabad and Hyderabad will play against DM Jamali at the UBL Sports Complex. Rawalpindi will face Abbottabad and Faisalabad will face Bahawalpur at the National Bank Stadium for Group C and finally for Group D, the HPC Oval Ground will host the Multan-Sialkot clash and the FATA-AJK match.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super Eight stage, which will be played in a round-robin format from 1 to 8 December. The full Super Eight fixture schedule will be revealed in due course.

After the Super Eight stage, the top four teams will advance to the semi-finals. Both semi-finals are scheduled to be played on December 9 at the National Bank Stadium at 1500 PKT and 2000 PKT respectively.

The final is scheduled to be held at the same venue on December 10. Toss will be at 1930 PKT and first ball will be at 2000 PKT.

The winning team of the tournament will win a cash prize of PKR 5 million. Meanwhile, the runners-up of the tournament will be awarded PKR 2.5 million. The player of the tournament will be awarded PKR 250,000. The same amount has been distributed among three other prizes. best batsman, best bowler and best keeper of the tournament. The player of the final will receive PKR 50,000 while the player of the match in each Super Eight and semi-final game will receive PKR 25,000.

This is the first edition of the tournament to be played since the PCB Constitution was reinstated in 2014. The previous edition of the National T20, which featured six sides, was won by Sindh who won their maiden title after defeating defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by eight wickets. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa missed out on securing a hat-trick of titles after winning both the 2020-21 and 2021-22 editions.