Dates | 8 – 31 January 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | Karachi |
Champions | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (3rd title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 33 |
Player of the series | Hammad Azam |
Most runs | Tayyab Tahir (666) |
Most wickets | Asif Afridi (25) |
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The 2020–21 Pakistan Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Karachi, Pakistan from 8 January to 31 January 2021.[1][2][3] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the defending champions after they beat Baluchistan.[4] However, after the new domestic structure announced by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), six newly formed regional teams were formed.[5][6]
In December 2020, it was announced that Aaron Summers would play in the tournament, becoming the first Australian cricketer to play in a domestic cricket competition in Pakistan,[7] after signing with Southern Punjab cricket team.[8]
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern and Central Punjab had all qualified for the semi-finals of the tournament.[9] In the first semi-final, Central Punjab beat Sindh by 127 runs.[10] The second semi-final, between Northern and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ended in a tie, with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa winning the Super Over.[11] In the final, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Central Punjab by seven wickets to win the tournament.[12] It was Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's third domestic title of the season, after they won the 2020–21 National T20 Cup and shared the 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy with Central Punjab.[13]
On 7 January 2021, the PCB confirmed all the squads for the tournament.[14][15]
Balochistan | Central Punjab | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Northern | Sindh | Southern Punjab |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sindh | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.823 |
2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.316 |
3 | Northern | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.059 |
4 | Central Punjab | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.320 |
5 | Southern Punjab | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.008 |
6 | Balochistan | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | −0.713 |
Advanced to the semi-finals
8 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Balochistan |
Umar Amin 115* (136) |
Imran Farhat 49 (46) |
Northern won by 36 runs |
8 January 2021 |
Sindh |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Azam Khan 69 (36) |
Agha Salman 106* (79) |
Southern Punjab won by 4 wickets |
8 January 2021 |
Central Punjab |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Muhammad Akhlaq 117 (115) |
Musadiq Ahmed 103* (97) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets |
10 January 2021 |
Southern Punjab |
v |
Balochistan |
Aamer Yamin 73 (81) |
Imran Farhat 96 (107) |
Balochistan won by 1 wicket |
10 January 2021 |
Sindh |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Hasan Mohsin 66 (73) |
Sajid Khan 52 (47) |
Sindh won by 63 runs |
10 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Central Punjab |
Taimoor Sultan 102 (94) |
Muhammad Akhlaq 55 (51) |
Northern won by 154 runs |
12 January 2021 |
Balochistan |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Bismillah Khan 92 (90) |
Sahibzada Farhan 155 (135) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 2 wickets |
12 January 2021 |
Central Punjab |
v |
Sindh |
Ali Zaryab 68 (73) |
Khurram Manzoor 119 (120) |
Sindh won by 6 wickets |
12 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Asif Ali 127 (70) |
Mukhtar Ahmed 139 (134) |
Northern won by 57 runs |
14 January 2021 |
Sindh |
v |
Balochistan |
Hassan Khan 54 (55) |
Ayaz Tasawwar 69 (107) |
Balochistan won by 3 wickets |
14 January 2021 |
Southern Punjab |
v |
Central Punjab |
Waqar Hussain 70 (64) |
Tayyab Tahir 131* (140) |
Central Punjab won by 4 wickets |
14 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Faizan Riaz 42 (83) |
Sajid Khan20* (14) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets |
16 January 2021 |
Balochistan |
v |
Central Punjab |
Kashif Bhatti 59 (83) |
Qasim Akram60* (72) |
Central Punjab won by 4 wickets |
16 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Sindh |
Asif Ali 66 (60) |
Sharjeel Khan 108 (74) |
Sindh won by 7 wickets |
16 January 2021 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Khalid Usman91* (74) |
Mukhtar Ahmed 108* (109) |
Southern Punjab won by 8 wickets |
18 January 2021 |
Balochistan |
v |
Sindh |
Imran Farhat 32 (62) |
Khurram Manzoor56* (51) |
Sindh won by 7 wickets |
18 January 2021 |
Southern Punjab |
v |
Central Punjab |
Mukhtar Ahmed 94 (98) |
Usman Salahuddin67* (89) |
Central Punjab won by 5 wickets |
18 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Haider Ali 95 (87) |
Iftikhar Ahmed 123 (110) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets |
20 January 2021 |
Balochistan |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Bismillah Khan 38 (32) |
Shan Masood66* (95) |
Southern Punjab won by 8 wickets |
20 January 2021 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
v |
Sindh |
Mohammad Wasim 54 (50) |
Danish Aziz 101* (102) |
Sindh won by 4 wickets |
20 January 2021 |
Central Punjab |
v |
Northern |
Saad Nasim82* (60) |
Asif Ali 88 (62) |
Central Punjab won by 44 runs |
22 January 2021 |
Central Punjab |
v |
Balochistan |
Qasim Akram 108* (81) |
Haris Sohail 109* (99) |
Balochistan won by 8 wickets |
22 January 2021 |
Sindh |
v |
Northern |
Khurram Manzoor 122 (138) |
Hammad Azam 70 (65) |
Sindh won by 13 runs |
22 January 2021 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Khalid Usman 56 (50) |
Shan Masood 91 (112) |
Southern Punjab won by 5 wickets |
24 January 2021 |
Balochistan |
v |
Northern |
Ayaz Tasawwar82* (68) |
Rohail Nazir69* (84) |
Northern won by 6 wickets |
24 January 2021 |
Southern Punjab |
v |
Sindh |
Sohaib Maqsood 130 (79) |
Saad Ali78* (54) |
Sindh won by 5 wickets |
24 January 2021 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
v |
Central Punjab |
Fakhar Zaman 92 (95) |
Qasim Akram 67 (76) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 69 runs |
26 January 2021 |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
v |
Balochistan |
Adil Amin 121 (90) |
Imran Farhat 123 (88) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 23 runs |
26 January 2021 |
Sindh |
v |
Central Punjab |
Khurram Manzoor 143* (163) |
Tayyab Tahir 93 (102) |
Central Punjab won by 4 wickets |
26 January 2021 |
Northern |
v |
Southern Punjab |
Rohail Nazir 88 (71) |
Shan Masood 141 (128) |
Northern won by 44 runs |
1st Semi-Final |
Central Punjab |
v |
Sindh |
Tayyab Tahir 60 (70) |
Khurram Manzoor 88 (73) |
Central Punjab won by 127 runs |
2nd Semi-Final |
Northern |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Hammad Azam 94 (63) |
Sahibzada Farhan 132 (144) |
Match tied |
Final |
Central Punjab |
v |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Tayyab Tahir 67 (88) |
Sahibzada Farhan 103* (102) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 wickets |
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