National T20 Cup

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. Karachi Whites are the defending champions, winning the 2023-24 edition.

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.

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

Format
The 18 qualifying teams will be divided into four groups of five; the top two teams in each group will advance to the Super 8 round. In this stage,the qualifying teams will be split into one groups of 8; the top four teams from each group will qualify for the knockout stage, which will consist of two semi-finals and a final.

Super 8s
After the group stage, the top two teams in each group will progress to the Super 8 stage which will be played as a single round-robin with the top four teams advancing to the knockout stage.

Knockout Stage
Following the Super Eight stage, the top four teams will qualify for the semi-finals.

Team Results

 * Notes
 * = Winner;
 * = Runner-up;
 * SF = Eliminated in the semi-finals
 * Spr 8 = Eliminated in the super 8 stage
 * Grp = Eliminated in the group stage

Former Teams

 * AJK Jaguars
 * Balochistan
 * Central Punjab
 * Dera Murad Jamali Ibexes
 * FATA Cheetahs
 * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 * Larkana Bulls
 * Northern
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab
 * Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
 * Larkana Bulls
 * Northern
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab
 * Larkana Bulls
 * Northern
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab
 * Sindh
 * Southern Punjab

Prize Money
The winning team of the tournament will pocket a prize money of PKR 5 million. Meanwhile, the tournament runners-up will be awarded PKR 2.5 million. The player of the tournament will be rewarded with PKR 250,000. The same amount has been allotted to three other awards; best batter, best bowler and best wicket-keeper of the tournament. The player of the final will receive PKR 50,000 while player of the match in each of the Super Eight games and the semi-finals will be given PKR 25,000.

Broadcasters
2023-24 Season All matches played at National Bank Stadium will be broadcast on PTV Sports and ARY ZAP in Pakistan, and live-streamed on YouTube in overseas territories. Double-header matches at National Bank Stadium will begin at 15:00 PKT and 20:00 PKT, with toss conducted at 14:30 PKT and 19:30 PKT respectively.