The Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited cricket team, formerly known as Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan cricket team, was a

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side in

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. It was sponsored by the

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. In May 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister

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revamped the domestic cricket structure in Pakistan, excluding departmental teams like Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited in favour of regional sides. The

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(PCB) was criticised in removing departmental sides, with players voicing their concern to revive the teams.

Playing history

As the Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan they played 148 first-class matches from 1985–86 to 2001–02, with 45 wins, 26 losses and 77 draws. When the bank changed its name and structure in 2002, the team also changed its name, beginning with the 2002–03 season, to Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited. Under the name Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, they played 267 matches, with 86 wins, 68 losses and 113 draws. In April 2018, they won the Patron's Trophy Grade-II tournament to qualify for the

2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The 2018–19 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 1 September to 8 December 2018. Following the conclusion of each match, the teams played each other in a List A fixture in the 20 ...

. They won their opening match of the tournament, against

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, by 151 runs. However, they finished bottom in their group, and were relegated back to the second-tier for the next season. They also finished bottom of their group in the

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, winning just one of their seven games.

Squad

The following players took part in the Patron's Trophy (Grade II) 2017/18 final: * Saadullah Ghauri * Shakeel Ansar * Mohsin Nadeem *

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* Aqib Shah * Usman Ashraf *

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* Bilawal Iqbal * Hamza Nadeem *

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Honours

* Quaid-e-Azam (1) * 1988–89 * Patron's Trophy (3) * 1990–91 * 1993–94 * 1995–96

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Playing history

Squad

Honours

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