LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed its men’s domestic cricket retainers for the 2025–26 season, awarding contracts to 157 players. These retainers will remain valid from August 2025 to July 2026.
This year, PCB has expanded the contract structure from three to four categories, increasing the number of contracted players from 131 last season to 157. The revised grouping places 30 cricketers in Category DC1, 55 in DC2, 51 in DC3 and 21 in DC4.
Players were shortlisted after a detailed review of performances across all domestic competitions held during the 2024–25 season. The PCB stated the selection process focused strictly on merit and consistency.
The domestic cricket calendar for 2025–26 began with the Hanif Mohammad Trophy on August 29 and will also feature:
- Two first-class tournaments
- Three non-first-class red-ball events
- A national List-A competition
- A two-phase National T20 Cup
- Plus, the 11th edition of HBL PSL
The complete category-wise list announced by PCB is as follows:
Domestic Category 1 (30 Players)
Abid Ali (Lahore), Aamir Jamal (Islamabad), Akif Javed (FATA), Azan Awais (Sialkot), Faisal Akram (Multan), Haseebullah (Quetta), Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar), Imam-ul-Haq (Lahore), Jahandad Khan (Rawalpindi), Kamran Ghulam (Abbottabad), Kashif Bhatti (Hyderabad), Khalid Usman (Abbottabad), Mir Hamza (Karachi), Mohammad Ali (Sialkot), Mohammad Hasnain (Hyderabad), Mohammad Huraira (Sialkot), Mohammad Ismail (Multan), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Faisalabad), Muhammad Shahzad (Multan), Mushtaq Ahmed (Larkana), Niaz Khan (Peshawar), Nisar Ahmed (Lahore), Omair Bin Yousuf (Karachi), Tayyab Tahir (Lahore), Umar Amin (Islamabad), Umar Siddiq (Lahore), Usman Khan (Karachi), Usman Tariq (Peshawar), Waqar Hussain (Multan), Zahid Mehmood (Larkana).
Domestic Category 2 (55 Players)
Abdul Faseeh (Rawalpindi), Abdul Samad (Faisalabad), Ahmed Bashir (Lahore), Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Faisalabad), Ali Raza (Sialkot), Ali Zaryab (Lahore), Arafat Minhas (Multan), Arif Yaqoob (Karachi), Arshadullah (FATA), Asif Afridi (FATA), Ayaz Tasawwar (Sialkot), Danish Aziz (Karachi), Haider Ali (Rawalpindi), Hassan Raza (AJK), Imran Butt (Lahore), Jalat Khan (Quetta), Kashif Ali (Rawalpindi), Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (Karachi), Maaz Sadaqat (Peshawar), Mehran Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Mehran Sanwal (Bahawalpur), Mirza Tahir Baig (Sialkot), Mohsin Riaz (Sialkot), Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar), Mohammad Arif (Abbottabad), Mohammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Mohammad Imran Jnr (Peshawar), Mohammad Naeem (FATA), Mohammad Rameez Jnr (Lahore), Mohammad Salman (Lahore), Mohammad Suleman (Hyderabad), Mubasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Muhammad Awais Zafar (Faisalabad), Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (Karachi), Muhammad Imran (Faisalabad), Musa Khan (Islamabad), Qasim Akram (Lahore), Rameez Aziz (Karachi), Rohail Nazir (Islamabad), Saad Baig (Karachi), Saad Khan (Hyderabad), Saad Masood (Rawalpindi), Saifullah Bangash (Karachi), Sameen Gul (FATA), Shahid Aziz (FATA), Shahnawaz Dahani (Larkana), Shamyl Hussain (Islamabad), Sharoon Siraj (Multan), Sirajuddin (FATA), Ubaid Shah (Lahore), Usama Mir (Sialkot), Waqar Ahmed (Peshawar), Waseem Akram Jnr (Multan), Yasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Zaman Khan (AJK).
Domestic Category 3 (51 Players)
Aamer Yamin (Multan), Abbas Ali (Peshawar), Abdullah Fazal (Karachi), Abdur Rehman (Sialkot), Abdul Rehman Muzammil (Multan), Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (Quetta), Afaq Afridi (FATA), Afaq Ahmed (Abbottabad), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Aftab Khan (Karachi), Ali Hamza Wasim (Bahawalpur), Ali Husnain (Rawalpindi), Ali Usman (Multan), Amad Butt (Sialkot), Arsal Sheikh (Islamabad), Asad Raza (Faisalabad), Asif Ali (Faisalabad), Bilawal Bhatti (Sialkot), Fawad Alam (Karachi), Hasnain Nadeem (AJK), Imran Dogar (Lahore), Israr Hussain (Abbottabad), Jahanzaib Sultan (Karachi), Jawad Ali (Hyderabad), Kamran Afzal (Lahore), Mohsin Khan (Peshawar), Mohammad Adil (Abbottabad), Mohammad Amir Barki (Peshawar), Mohammad Asghar (Karachi), Mohammad Azab (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Hamza (Karachi), Mohammad Huzaifa (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (FATA), Mohammad Taha (Karachi), Mohammad Umar (Karachi), Mohammad Zeeshan (Faisalabad), Muhammad Akhlaq (Lahore), Naqeebullah (Quetta), Nabi Gul (Peshawar), Naseerullah Khan (Islamabad), Obaid Shahid (Lahore), Raja Hamza Waheed (Islamabad), Rizwan Mehmood (Hyderabad), Saad Nasim (Lahore), Salman Irshad (AJK), Saqib Khan (Karachi), Shahab Khan (Abbottabad), Shahzaib Khan (Abbottabad), Shehzad Gul (Faisalabad), Taimur Khan (Rawalpindi), Tahir Hussain (Multan).
Domestic Category 4 (21 Players)
Aashar Mehmood (Sialkot), Abu Huraira (Dera Murad Jamali), Aqib Khan (Abbottabad), Aqib Liaqat (AJK), Aqib Shah (Rawalpindi), Ali Shan (Faisalabad), Bismillah Khan (Quetta), Faizan Saleem (AJK), Gulfam Aziz (Bahawalpur), Imran Rafiq (Multan), Mansoor Ali (Abbottabad), Mohammad Ali Taj (Islamabad), Mohammad Ammar (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Faizan Jnr (Peshawar), Mohammad Irfan (Lahore), Muhammad Hammad Khan (Islamabad), Sajjad Ali Hashmi (Abbottabad), Sharjeel Khan (Hyderabad), Shoaib Akhtar Jnr (Sialkot), Taj Wali (AJK), Zain Abbas (Multan).
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