The National T20 2023–24 is scheduled to start on November 24 and go until December 10th. The competition, which will be held at four locations in Karachi—National Bank Stadium, UBL Sports Complex, HPC Oval Ground, and NBP Sports Complex—will include eighteen teams.
Every game held at National Bank Stadium will be live-streamed on YouTube in international countries and shown on PTV Sports and ARY ZAP in Pakistan. From National Bank Stadium, doubleheader games will start at 1500 and 2000 PKT, with tosses taking place at 1430 and 1930 PKT, respectively.
Free admission for fans is another announcement made by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for all games held at the National Bank Stadium. The enclosures for Hanif Mohammad, Javed Miandad, and Fazal Mahmood will be open to spectators.
The format of the 63-match competition is group stage games first, followed by Super Eight matchups. From November 24 to November 28, 32 group-stage matches are scheduled to take place. Four groups of the 18 competing teams have been formed.
The groupings are split up as follows:
Group A: Quetta, Larkana, Peshawar, Karachi Blues, and Lahore Whites
Group B: Hyderabad, Islamabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Karachi Whites, and Lahore Blues
Group C: Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, and Rawalpindi
Group D: AJK, FATA, Multan, and Sialkot
Lahore Whites vs. Larkana and Karachi Blues vs. Peshawar will be the opening Group A games at the NBP Sports Complex. At the UBL Sports Complex, Hyderabad will play DM Jamali, while Karachi Whites will play Islamabad in Group B. Group C matches will see Rawalpindi play Abbottabad and Faisalabad play Bahawalpur at the National Bank Stadium. Group D matches will see FATA play AJK and Multan-Sialkot play at HPC Oval Ground.
The top two teams from each group advance to the round-robin Super Eight stage, which takes place from December 1–8. In due order, the whole Super Eight game schedule will be made public.
The top four teams advance to the semi-finals after the Super Eight stage. The National Bank Stadium will host the semi-finals on December 9 at 1500 PKT and 2000 PKT, respectively.
On December 10, the championship game is expected to take place at the same location. The first ball will be bowled at 2000 PKT, while the toss will happen at 1930 PKT.
Five million rupees will be awarded as prize money to the tournament’s victorious squad. In the meantime, 2.5 million rupees will be given to the tournament’s runners-up. An award of 250,000 rupees will be given to the tournament winner. The three other awards—best batsman, best bowler, and best wicketkeeper of the tournament—will get the same sum of money. The player of the match in each of the Super Eight games and the semifinals will win 25,000 rupees, while the player of the final will receive 50,000 rupees.
The PCB 2014 Constitution was revived, and this is the first tournament edition to be held since then. The six-team National T20 tournament was won by Sindh, who secured their first-ever title by defeating the reigning champions, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, by an innings margin. Despite winning the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was unable to complete a hat-trick of championships.
