# Pakistan Cup

The Pakistan Cup (Urdu: پاکستان کپ) is the national domestic List A cricket competition in Pakistan. Played originally as the Pentangular One Day Cup in 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2014–15, the competition was renamed as the Pakistan Cup in 2016 when it also adopted a draft to select squads for the five provincial teams. Following a national restructuring of domestic cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2019, the tournament has been contested by the six regional teams, although the first edition under the new structure, in 2019–20, was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to 2019–20, the premier List A domestic competition in Pakistan was the National One-Day Cup which was contested by associations or departments, or a combination of the two.

## Format

Each team plays one another (twice since 2019–20) in a round-robin group stage. Historically, the top two teams in the league play a final. Since 2019–20, the top four teams contest in a semi-final followed by a final.

## Teams
### Current teams

Details of each team are set out below.
| Team name | Home ground/s | First season | Last title | Titles | Team captain/s |
| Balochistan | Bugti Stadium Gwadar Cricket Stadium | 2016 | 2021-22 | 1 | Yasir Shah |
| Central Punjab | Gaddafi Stadium Iqbal Stadium | 2020-21 | 2022–23 | 1 | Raza Ali Dar |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Arbab Niaz Stadium Abbottabad Cricket Stadium | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | Iftikhar Ahmed |
| Northern | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Islamabad Cricket Stadium | 2020-21 | n/a | 0 | Shadab Khan |
| Sindh | National Stadium Niaz Stadium | 2016 | n/a | 0 | Mir Hamza |
| Southern Punjab | Multan Cricket Stadium Bahawal Stadium | 2020-21 | n/a | 0 | Salman Ali Agha |

### Team Results

| Team name | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
| Balochistan | (4) | R (1) | (5) | R (1) | (6) | W (2) | R (2) |
| Central Punjab | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | R (4) | (4) | W (1) |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | W (1) | (5) | R (2) | W (2) | W (2) | R (1) | (3) |
| Northern | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | (3) | (6) | (6) |
| Sindh | (3) | (3) | (4) | (4) | (1) | (3) | (5) |
| Southern Punjab | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | (5) | (5) | (4) |

#### Notes

* W = Winner;
* R = Runner-up;
* (x) = End of league games table position;

### Former teams

* Baluchistan Bears (later Baluchistan Warriors)
* Federal Leopards (later Federal United)
* North-West Frontier Province Panthers (later Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Fighters)
* Punjab Stallions (later Punjab Badshahs)
* Sind Dolphins (later Sind Knights)

## Winners and competition details

| Year | Final | Final | Final | Final | Format | Teams |
| Year | Venue | Winners | Result | Runners-up | Format | Teams |
| Pentangular Cup |||||||
| 2008–09 Details | National Stadium, Karachi | Punjab Stallions 219/2 (41.5 overs) | Won by 8 wickets Scorecard | Federal Leopards 218 all out (48.1 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2009–10 Details | National Stadium, Karachi | Sindh Dolphins 270/6 (50 overs) | Won by 78 runs Scorecard | Baluchistan Bears 192 all out (43.5 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2010–11 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2011–12 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2012–13 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2013–14 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2014–15 Details | National Stadium, Karachi | KPK Fighters 242/4 (47 overs) | Won by 6 wickets Scorecard | Baluchistan Warriors 238 all out (47 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| Pakistan Cup |||||||
| 2015-16 Details | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | KPK Fighters 311 for 9 (50 overs) | Won by 151 runs Scorecard | Punjab Badshahs 160 all out (36.1 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2016-17 Details | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | KPK Fighters 327 for 9 (50 overs) | Won by 1 wicket Scorecard | Baluchistan Warriors 323 for 9 (50 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2017-18 Details | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Federal United 254 for 5 (41 overs) | Won by 5 wickets Scorecard | KPK Fighters 252 all out (43.4 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2018-19 Details | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | KPK Fighters 307 for 7 (50 overs) | Won by 9 runs Scorecard | Baluchistan Warriors 298 for 9 (50 overs) | round-robin, final | 5 |
| 2019–20 | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020–21 Details | State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 245 for 3 (36.1 overs) | Won by 7 wickets Scorecard | Central Punjab 239 all out (47 overs) | double round-robin, final | 6 |
| 2021–22 Details | Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan | Balochistan 175 for 2 (31.2 overs) | Won by 8 wickets Scorecard | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 171 all out (46 overs) | double round-robin, final | 6 |
| 2022–23 Details | State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi | Central Punjab 254 all out (48.2 overs) | won by 50 runs Scorecard | Balochistan 204 all out (42.3 overs) | double round-robin, final | 6 |
| 2023–24 Details | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Peshawar 108 for 5 (17.2 overs) | Peshawar won by 5 wickets Scorecard | Karachi Whites 103 all out (31.2 overs) | double round-robin, final | 8 |