The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a record 157 men’s domestic contracts for the 2025–26 season, marking the largest-ever pool of contracted players in history. 

 

The contracts, which will run from August 2025 to July 2026, aim to reward consistent performers and strengthen the domestic cricket structure.

 

This year, the PCB expanded the number of categories from three to four – DC1, DC2, DC3, and DC4 – to ensure that a wider range of players, from emerging stars to seasoned performers, benefit from the new system.

 

The board said that players were selected on the basis of their performances in all domestic tournaments during the 2024–25 season, covering both red-ball and white-ball formats.

 

Domestic Category 1 (30 players)

Usman Khan (Karachi), Abid Ali (Lahore), Mohammad Huraira (Sialkot), Imam-ul-Haq (Lahore), Mohammad Hasnain (Hyderabad), Aamir Jamal (Islamabad), Zahid Mehmood (Larkana), Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar), Mohammad Ismail (Multan), Haseebullah (Quetta), Omair Bin Yousuf (Karachi), Umar Amin (Islamabad), Waqar Hussain (Multan), Kamran Ghulam (Abbottabad), Mir Hamza (Karachi), Mohammad Ali (Sialkot), Azan Awais (Sialkot), Kashif Bhatti (Hyderabad), Mohammad Shahzad (Multan), Usman Tariq (Peshawar), Umar Siddiq (Lahore), Niaz Khan (Peshawar), Faisal Akram (Multan), Tayyab Tahir (Lahore), Nisar Ahmed (Lahore), Mushtaq Ahmed (Larkana), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Faisalabad), Khalid Usman (Abbottabad), Jahandad Khan (Rawalpindi) and Usman Khan (Karachi).

 

Domestic Category 2 (55 players)

Haider Ali (Rawalpindi), Danish Aziz (Karachi), Mirza Tahir Baig (Sialkot), Mohammad Salman (Lahore), Saad Baig (Karachi), Mohammad Imran Jr (Peshawar), Abdul Faseeh (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Rameez Jr (Lahore), Musa Khan (Islamabad), Arif Yaqoob (Karachi), Kashif Ali (Rawalpindi), Saifullah Bangash (Karachi), Mohammad Suleman (Hyderabad), Maaz Sadaqat (Peshawar), Ali Raza (Sialkot), Mehran Sanwal (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar), Asif Afridi (FATA), Mohammad Naeem (FATA), Rohail Nazir (Islamabad), Shahnawaz Dahani (Larkana), Arafat Minhas (Multan), Abdul Samad (Faisalabad), Yasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Ali Zaryab (Lahore), Mehran Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Jalat Khan (Quetta), Sameen Gul (FATA), Ahmed Bashir (Lahore), Qasim Akram (Lahore), Shamyl Hussain (Islamabad), Usama Mir (Sialkot), Saad Khan (Hyderabad), Ubaid Shah (Lahore), Ahmed Safi Abdullah (Faisalabad), Waqar Ahmed (Peshawar), Saad Masood (Rawalpindi), Arshadullah (FATA), Rameez Aziz (Karachi), Mohammad Arif (Abbottabad), Hassan Raza (AJK), Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (Karachi), Sirajuddin (FATA), Mubasir Khan (Rawalpindi), Imran Butt (Lahore), Waseem Akram Jnr (Multan), Mohsin Riaz (Sialkot), Mohammad Arif (Abbottabad), Mohammad Suleman (Hyderabad), Sharoon Siraj (Multan), Mohammad Arif (Abbottabad), Waqar Ahmed (Peshawar), and Zaman Khan (AJK).

 

Domestic Category 3 (51 players)

Aamer Yamin (Multan), Fawad Alam (Karachi), Muhammad Akhlaq (Lahore), Mohammad Umar (Karachi), Bilawal Bhatti (Sialkot), Saad Nasim (Lahore), Abbas Ali (Peshawar), Mohammad Asghar (Karachi), Arsal Sheikh (Islamabad), Asif Ali (Faisalabad), Ali Husnain (Rawalpindi), Mohammad Zeeshan (Faisalabad), Jahanzaib Sultan (Karachi), Imran Dogar (Lahore), Mohammad Adil (Abbottabad), Naseerullah Khan (Islamabad), Shahzaib Khan (Abbottabad), Mohammad Taha (Karachi), Israr Hussain (Abbottabad), Kamran Afzal (Lahore), Nabi Gul (Peshawar), Shahab Khan (Abbottabad), Mohsin Khan (Peshawar), Mohammad Sarwar Afridi (FATA), Naqeebullah (Quetta), Ali Usman (Multan), Aftab Khan (Karachi), Afaq Afridi (FATA), Mohammad Azab (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Huzaifa (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Amir Barki (Peshawar), Taimur Khan (Rawalpindi), Hasnain Nadeem (AJK), Shehzad Gul (Faisalabad), Saqib Khan (Karachi), Raja Hamza Waheed (Islamabad), Fawad Alam (Karachi), Rizwan Mehmood (Hyderabad), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Tahir Hussain (Multan), Salman Irshad (AJK), Abdur Rehman (Sialkot), Ali Hamza Wasim (Bahawalpur), Mohammad Hamza (Karachi), Jawad Ali (Hyderabad), Afaq Ahmed (Abbottabad), Mohammad Asghar (Karachi), Mohammad Umar (Karachi), Mohammad Zeeshan (Faisalabad), and Shahab Khan (Abbottabad).

 

Domestic Category 4 (21 players)

Sharjeel Khan (Hyderabad), Taj Wali (AJK), Bismillah Khan (Quetta), Zain Abbas (Multan), Abu Huraira (Dera Murad Jamali), Mohammad Irfan (Lahore), Aqib Liaqat (AJK), Mohammad Ammar (Bahawalpur), Sajjad Ali Hashmi (Abbottabad), Mohammad Faizan Jr (Peshawar), Mansoor Ali (Abbottabad), Imran Rafiq (Multan), Shoaib Akhtar Jr (Sialkot), Faizan Saleem (AJK), Ali Shan (Faisalabad), Aashar Mehmood (Sialkot), Gulfam Aziz (Bahawalpur), Aqib Khan (Abbottabad), Mohammad Ali Taj (Islamabad), Mohammad Hammad Khan (Islamabad), and Aqib Shah (Rawalpindi).

 

The domestic calendar for 2025–26 began in August with the 12-team Hanif Mohammad Trophy and includes two first-class tournaments, three non-first-class red-ball events, a List A competition, the two-phase National T20 Cup and the 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League.