The 2026–27 President's Trophy Grade-I is a first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan, is being played from September to November 2026. It is being contested by eight departmental teams across four venues in Abbottabad, Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi. In September 2026, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.
Water and Power Development Authority are the defending champions having won the previous tournament by beating Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited in the final by 35 runs.
Background On 4 August 2026, The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) axed Water and Power Development Authority current first-class champions, and Sahir Associates from the domestic season, after two departments were unable to comply with the regulations that introduced by PCB in June. Both teams were replaced by Oil & Gas Development Company Limited which was relegated to President's Trophy Grade-II and supposed to play 2026–27 President's Trophy Grade-II (Gold) after finishing bottom in the points table last season and Hyderabad Kingsmen Academy missed out on promotion after losing to Markhor IT Solutions in the final of 2026–27 President's Trophy Grade-II (Gold). Each season, the bottom team in the first-class President's Trophy is relegated to the Grade-II tournament, and the winner of the Grade-II tournament gets promoted to the first-class event.
Teams Eight teams are competing in the tournament: Ghani Glass Hyderabad Kingsmen Academy Khan Research Laboratories Markhor IT Solutions Oil & Gas Development Company Limited Pakistan Television State Bank of Pakistan Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
Six of the eight teams that contested the 2025–26 tournament were joined by Kingsmen Academy and Markhor Information Technology Solutions, both got promoted to Grade-I after being winner and runner-up respectively of 2026–27 President's Trophy Grade-II (Gold).
Competition format Like precious season the eight departmental teams will play each other in a round-robin format, therefore playing seven matches each. There were 29 matches: seven rounds of four matches each, followed by a final between the top two teams. Points table
Round-robin Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Final
References
External links Tournament home at Cricinfo