Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 starts today – Sports

LAHORE: A prize of Rs 12.6 million will be at stake when the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 begins today.

As many as 18 teams from 16 regional teams will be in action across seven cities with Karachi Region Whites, defending champions of the premier first-class tournament, beginning this year’s campaign against Peshawar Region at the Ashfaq Ground in Charsadda.

The winner of the tournament will pocket Rs 7.5 million, while the runners-up will bag Rs 4 million.

The 18 teams will be divided into three groups: Abbottabad region, Faisalabad region, Hyderabad region, Islamabad region, Lahore region whites and Larkana region will be placed in Group A. The region of AJK, Bahawalpur Region, Karachi Whites Region, Multan Region, Peshawar Region and Rawalpindi Region are part of Group B while Dera Murad Jamali, FATA Region, Karachi Blues Region , Lahore Blues region, Quetta region and Sialkot region are in the group. DO.

Each team will have the opportunity to play a minimum of five matches in the group stage, and the best team in each group will advance to the triangular stage. In the triangular phase, the first classified in each group will play two games, with the first two qualifying for the final, which will be played from December 14 to 18. The venues for the triangular phase and the final will be confirmed. in due course.

There are three venues i.e. Ashfaq Cricket Ground in Charsadda, Rana Naveed Cricket Academy in Sheikhupura and Saeed Sports City in Lahore. Five matches each in the group stage of the tournament will be played on the three cricket grounds.

Duke balls will be used in the red ball Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25. This decision comes after an exhaustive analysis of the terrain and court conditions at the national venues, and the Duke-ball was custom manufactured to adapt to the characteristics of the local courts.

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