Tournament will see 39 matches played across three cities including Faisalabad, Lahore and Multan

Winner of the tournament will bag PKR7.5 million while the runners-up will collect PKR four million  

Balochistan to play Northern in the opening match at 3pm, defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to take on Central Punjab in second match from 7:30 pm at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Pindi will host the event in the first phase from September 23 to October 3 whereas Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium will host the second phase from October 6 to 12.

Each Cricket Association squad comprises 40 players – 32 of which will be awarded domestic contracts, to be announced in due course – along with 10 additional players.

Local player representation in Balochistan’s squad increased to 55pc

Champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa involved in high-scoring, low-scoring and tied matches; Balochistan featured in three last-over finishes

Khurram Manzoor equals Saeed Anwar’s record for most List A centuries by Pakistan batsmen as Sindh beat Northern by 13 runs

Some of the other foreign stars in the Draft include Banton, Brathwaite, Bravo, Gayle, Lamichhane, Lynn, Miller, Morkel and Steyn

Under the event rules, five sides have consumed retention of eight players except Peshawar Zalmi which retained five players.