Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), announced the squads of the upcoming National T20 Cup 2017 in Lahore on Thursday.

As per reports, eight teams will participate in the event, scheduled to start from 25^th August to 10^th 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, the decision was not taken lightly by cricketing fans on social media.

Karachi Blues were the champions of the last National T20 Cup, however, they haven't been included for the tournament this year.

— Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi (@ahsannagi) August 10, 2017

Karachi blues won by playing against Karachi whites 😛 https://t.co/Imitte3ovb

— Abdullah (@iMangoPakistani) August 10, 2017

Karachi Blues won the T20 regional tournament in 2016 but they won't be part of the tournament in 2017. That is very strange.

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) August 10, 2017

Winners of 2016 tournament Karachi Blues and one of the best T20 sides in Pak Sialkot will miss the national T20 tournament this year.

— Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) August 10, 2017