The Pakistan Cup is the national domestic

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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

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to select squads for the five provincial teams. Following a national restructuring of domestic cricket by the

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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

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. Prior to 2019–20, the premier

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 Results

; 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

References

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