Pakistan Cricket Board announced the squads of the upcoming National Twenty-20 cup 2017 in Lahore.

Eight teams will participate in the event, scheduled to start from 25th August to 10th September in Multan and Faisalabad.

Teams to participate in the domestic tournament, include: Karachi Whites, Lahore Whites, Lahore Blues, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, FATA and Faisalabad.

However, defending Champions Karachi blues were not included in the tournament by the board.

First leg of matches from 25th to 31st of August will take place in Multan while the second leg, from 4th to 10th of September, will take place in Faisalabad.

Team captains had already been announced. Sarfaraz Ahmed will lead Karachi Whites, Salman Butt will Captain Lahore Whites, Umer Amin will lead the Rawalpindi Team, Mohammad Hafeez will be the captain of Lahore Blues, Imad Waseem will lead Islamabad, FATA will be captained by Usman Shinwari while Misbah ul Haq will lead Faisalabad.

The 15 player squads will include National, local and new Cricket Players of all categories.