PCB Announces Record Number of Domestic Contracts for 2025-26 Season

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially unveiled the men’s domestic contracts for the 2025–26 season, expanding both the player pool and the structural framework to better reward domestic talent across the country.

For the first time in PCB history, the board has awarded a total of 157 contracts to players — a significant increase from last season’s 131. These contracts will run from August 2025 to July 2026. The categories have also been expanded from three to four tiers, reflecting the PCB’s growing emphasis on recognizing consistent performers across the domestic circuit.

The new distribution includes 30 players in Category DC1, 55 in DC2, 51 in DC3 and 21 in DC4. This ensures a broader range of cricketers, both seasoned professionals and emerging talent, benefit from the system.

According to the PCB, players were shortlisted following a comprehensive evaluation of performances across all domestic tournaments held during the 2024–25 season, including both red-ball and white-ball formats.

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

With the domestic season already underway, the PCB’s latest initiative reflects its intent to further strengthen the foundation of Pakistan cricket, one where performers in domestic arenas receive the recognition and rewards they deserve.

PCB Men’s Domestic Contracts 2025–26 – Full Player List

Category DC1

Player Region Player Region Player Region 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

Category DC2

Player Region Player Region Player Region 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

Category DC3

Player Region Player Region Player Region 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

Category DC4

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