The 2023–24 President's Trophy Grade-I was a first-class domestic cricket competition played in Pakistan. The tournament was originally scheduled to be played from 16 December 2023 to 31 January 2024, however, the final was later rescheduled to begin on 6 February 2024. The final was rescheduled a second time to 9 February and moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi. It was played by seven departmental teams, across three venues in Karachi and one venue in Rawalpindi. In December 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. It marked the return of departmental cricket in Pakistan since the 2018–19 season. Although eight teams were originally scheduled to participate, Sui Southern Gas Company pulled out of the tournament.
Teams Seven teams took part in the tournament:
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited Pakistan Television State Bank of Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority Khan Research Laboratories Higher Education Commission Ghani Glass
Competition format The seven departmental teams played each other in a round-robin format, therefore playing six matches each. The tournament consisted of 22 matches, which were divided as seven rounds of league stage matches. The top two teams played each other in the final match. The league worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points.
Before the start of the tournament, the PCB brought some changes to the playing conditions. All matches were restricted to 80 overs in the first innings. Teams scoring 350 or more runs earned a batting bonus point, while a bonus point was awarded to the bowling side if they managed to dismiss the opponent within the stipulated 80 overs. If a captain decided to either declare or forfeit his team's first innings before the completion of 80 overs, the bowling side got bowling bonus points.
Squads Pakistan TelevisionSNGPLGhani GlassHigher Education CommissionKhan Research LaboratoriesWAPDAState Bank of Pakistan Uzair Mumtaz (c) Humayun Altaf Muhammad Shahzad Mohammad Suleman Hassan Nawaz Nasir Nawaz Taimur Khan Waqar Hussain Mohammad Junaid Faisal Akram Aaliyan Mehmood Ahmad Safi Abdullah Daniyal Hussain Adil Naz Ibtisam Rehman Sudais Ulfat Israr Hussain Jahandad Khan Hassan Mohsin Mohammad Sadaqat Sahibzada Farhan (c) Shahzaib Khan Saim Ayub Azhar Ali Asad Shafiq Saud Shakeel Omair Yousuf Mubasir Khan Ali Waqas Mohammad Rizwan Haseebullah Khan Abbas Afridi Mir Hamza Mohammad Ali Mohammad Waseem Bilawal Bhatti Awais Anwar Hunain Shah Yasir Shah Mehran Mumtaz Shan Masood (c) Sharjeel Khan Kashif Ali Tayyab Tahir Mohsin Raza Farhan Sarfraz Hussain Talat Shadab Khan Saeed Malik Noman Ali Mohammad Irfan Shahbaz Javed Saad Nasim Sheraz Khan Muhammad Musa Moeez Ghani Niaz Khan Ghulam Mudassar Ahad Malik Ghulam Haider Mohammad Huraira (c) Saad Khan Anas Mustafa Jahanzaib Sultan Waseem Akram Awais Zafar Muhammad Mohsin Khan Wahaj Riaz Obaid Shahid Ghazi Ghouri Zaid Bin Nadeem Aqib Liaquat Haris Khan Muhammad Juanid Umer Lohya Mohammad Azab Abdul Rehman Asadullah Hamza Kashif AliAbdul Faseeh (c) Ali Zaryab Imran Dogar Imran Rafiq Sarmad Bhatti Sharoon Siraj Waqar Ahmad Israrullah Maaz Sadaqat Kashif Ali Ahmed Bashir Sirajuddin Mohammad Imran Mohammad Amir Khan Arshadullah Rohail Nazir Jamal Anwar Rohan Qadri Umer Khan Shayan Sheikh Mohammad Saad (c) Bismillah Khan Ayaz Tasawar Umar Kiyani Khalid Usman Tahir Hussain Irfanullah Shah Ahmad Shahzad Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammad Saleem Umar Akmal Basit Ali Naqeeb Masood Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Arif Hassan Abid Ali Raza Ahmed Khan Asif Afridi Muhammad Akhlaq Usman Salahuddin (c) Umar Amin Salman Ali Agha Zain Abbas Rizwan Hussain Mohammad Mohsin Rameez Aziz Irfan Khan Ali Shan Ameer Hamza Nisar Ahmad Kashif Bhatti Mohammad Imran Sameen Gul Zahid Mahmood Mohammad Ilyas Ali Usman Aftab Ibrahim Mohammad Abbas Affaq Afridi
Venues Karachi RawalpindiNational StadiumState Bank of Pakistan Sports ComplexUnited Bank Limited Sports ComplexRawalpindi Cricket StadiumCapacity: 34,000Capacity: 1000Capacity: 1000Capacity: 15,000Matches: 7Matches: 7Matches: 7Matches: 1
League stage Points table Team1 Water and Power Development Authority651000 62 0.3292 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited641100 57 0.6303 State Bank of Pakistan642000 50 0.4814 Ghani Glass632100 44 -0.4065Khan Research Laboratories624000 27 -0.5006Pakistan Television624000 24 -0.1197Higher Education Commission606000 6 -0.495 Source: ESPNcricinfo
The top 2 teams qualified for the Final
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Final
Awards and statistics Most runs Player Team RunsAbdul FaseehKhan Research Laboratories637Saad NasimGhani Glass595Abid Ali Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited570Umar AminState Bank of Pakistan547Saad KhanHigher Education Commission529 Source: ESPNcricinfo
Most wickets Player Team Wickets Mohammad Rameez Ghani Glass 42 Asif Afridi Water and Power Development Authority 37 Shahnawaz Dahani Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 25 Shoaib Akhtar Ghani Glass 23 Faisal Akram Pakistan Television 20 Source: ESPNcricinfo
End of season awards Name Team Award Prize Abdul FaseehKhan Research Laboratories Player of the Tournament Mohammad Rameez Ghani Glass Abdul Faseeh Khan Research Laboratories Batsman of the tournament Mohammad Rameez Ghani Glass Bowler of the tournament Shahbaz Javed Ghani Glass Wicket-keeper of the tournament Source: PCB
References
External links Series home at PCB Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo