akistan Cricket Board (PCB), rising high on the success of the recently concluded second edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL), has announced that it was now launching the Pakistan Cup.

The tournament will start off from Tuesday, April 11 and the final will be played at Lahore on Friday, May 5.

Like PSL, five teams will battle it out for the national title. The teams include Balochistan, Federal, KPK, Sindh and Punjab.

Here are the squads:

Sindh Squad: Anwar Ali (capt), Saif Badar, Khurram Manzoor, Fawad Alam, Asif Zakir, Zain Abbas, Rumman Raees, Usama Mir, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Nawaz, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hasan and Saud Shakeel.

Punjab Squad: Umar Akmal(capt), Nasir Nawaz, Kamran Akmal, Salman Butt, Umar Amin, Khushdil Shah, Junaid Khan, Bilawal Bhatti, Zulfiqar Babar, Faheem Ashraf, Abdul Rehman Muzamil, Raza Ali Dar, Hammad Azam, Saad and Arsal Sheikh.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Squad: Mohammad Rizwan(capt), Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Israrullah, Adil Amin, Imran Butt, Mohammad Sami, Zafar Gohar, Waqas Maqsood, Shoaib Malik, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Naeem, Taj Wali, Imran Khan Sr. and Nabi Gul.

Balochistan Squad: Fakhar Zaman(capt), Ghulam Mudassar, Bismillah Khan, Imam-ul-Haq, Sohaib Maqsood, Saad Ali, Aziz Ullah, Khalid Usman, Usman Shinwari, Agha Salman, Taimoor Khan and Hammal Wahab.

Federal Squad: Imad Wasim (capt), Hassaan Khan, Zohaib Ahmed, Haris Sohail, Sami Aslam, Abid Ali, Sameen Gul, Mohammad Abbas, Sohail Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Hussain Talat, Rohail Nazir, Mohammad Irfan, Sarmnad Bhatti and Abdullah Shafiq.