National T20 Cup semi-finals: Teams, squads, schedule, and where to watch

National T20 Cup has reached its business end, with four teams out of ten making it to the semi-finals. Sialkot, Karachi, Abbottabad, and Lahore Whites are the surviving sides. Abbottabad and Sialkot confirmed their semi-final spots on March 16, after defeating Lahore Blues and Multan respectively.

Schedule

Both semi-finals will take place on March 17 at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, with the winning teams playing the final on March 18 at the same venue.

March 17: 1st semi-final - Karachi Region Whites vs Sialkot Region - Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, 4:15 PM Pakistan Time

March 17: 2nd semi-final - Abbottabad Region vs Lahore Region Whites - Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, 9:15 PM Pakistan Time

Squads

Abbottabad
Khalid Usman (c), Afaq Ahmed, Ahmed Khan, Arshad Iqbal, Atizaz Habib Khan, Fayyaz Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Khushdil Shah (Guest), Mohammad Mohsin Khan, Razaullah, Sajjad Ali (wk), Shadab Khan (Guest), Shahab Khan and Shahzaib Khan (U21).

Reserves: Hamid Ali, Adil Naz, Fakhar Zaman, Afaq Khan, Riazullah (U21).

Karachi Whites
Saud Shakeel (c), Abdullah Fazal, Arif Yaqoob, Danish Aziz, Haroon Arshad (U21), Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Asghar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Umar, Omair Bin Yousuf, Rizwanullah, Saifullah Bangash (wk), Saim Ayub, Saqib Khan and Shan Masood.

Reserves: Asadullah Hamza, Muhammad Tariq Khan, Sohail Khan (wk), Mir Hamza, Huzaifa Ahsan.

Lahore Whites
Aamir Jamal (c), Ahmed Daniyal, Ali Raza, Ali Shahid Butt, Babar Azam, Farhan Yousuf (U21), Imran Dogar, Junaid Ali (wk), Kamran Afzal, Mohammad Faiq, Muhammad Akhlaq, Mohammad Mohsin, Mohammad Rameez Jnr, Muhammad Saleem, Mohammad Salman, Naseem Shah, Samama Riaz, Tayyab Tahir and Ubaid Shah.

Reserves: Hamza Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Arsalan (U21), Usama Tariq, Zahid Khan, Zian Bin Farooq (wk).

Sialkot
Usama Mir (c), Abdullah Shafique, Ahmad Hassan, Ahsan Hafeez Bhatti, Ali Afzal (wk), Athar Mehmood, Azan Awais, Hamza Nazar, Hasan Nawaz, Khawaja Arham, Mirza Tahir Baig, Mohsin Riaz (wk), Mohammad Ali, Saeed Ali, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr, Sufyan Moqim and Tayyab Arif.

Reserves: Aashir Mehmood, Mohammad Hurraira, Shahzad Bhatti, Abdul Subhan, Awais Ali and Afzaal Manzoor.

Where to Watch

You can tune into the semi-finals via the following platforms:

Pakistan: Geo Super, A Sports, PTV Sports, PTV National, Fast Sports
Live streaming: Tapmad App
Rest of the World: PCB’s official YouTube channel

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