2024–25 Champions One-Day Cup
| Dates | 12 – 29 September 2024 |
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| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and play-off |
| Host(s) |  Pakistan |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 14 |
| Official website | championscup |
The Champions One Day Cup 2024 (also known as for sponsorship reasons as Bahria Town Champions One-Day Cup)[1] is the inaugural edition of the Champions One-Day Cup, a List A cricket competition in Pakistan. The tournament began on 12 September 2024 and the final will be held on 29 September 2024.[2][3] Five teams are taking part in the tournament where 150 cricketers will feature.[4] In August 2024, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the competition.[5][6][7]
Background
[edit]Commentary Panel
[edit]| List of Commentators[8] | |||||
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| Pakistan
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Presenter
[edit]- Meesha Imran
Team and squads
[edit]On 6 September 2024, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the provisional squads of the five teams with rosters of 30 players each.[13]
Squads
[edit]| Dolphins[14] | Lions[15] | Markhors[16] | Panthers[16] | Stallions[15] |
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Opening ceremony
[edit]The opening ceremony took place on Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad during the evening of 12 September 2024, a day before the start of the Champions One-Day Cup. Aima Baig hosted the event.[17]
Match officials
[edit]On 12 September 2024, the PCB announced the list of officials for league stage matches which included 4 members of Elite Panel of ICC Umpires.[18]
Umpires
[edit]- Aleem Dar
- Asif Yaqoob
- Waleed Yaqub
- Zulfiqar Jan
- Faisal Afridi
- Imtiaz Iqbal
- Imran Jawed
- Nasir Hussain
- Rashid Riaz
Referees
[edit]- Bilal Khilji
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Iqbal Sheikh
- Nadeem Arshad
- Kamran Chaudhry
Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Markhors | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 2.860 |
| 2 | Stallions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0.070 |
| 3 | Panthers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | −1.100 |
| 4 | Dolphins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.000 |
| 5 | Lions | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.660 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo[19]
- Match outright win: 10 points
Bonus points:
- Winning by 8/9/10 wickets: 1, 2, 3 points respectively
- Winning by 50/75/100 runs: 1, 2, 3 points respectively
- Score 350-374 runs: 1 bonus point
- Score 375+ runs: 2 bonus points
- Take 8 wickets: 1 bonus point
- Dismiss the entire team (10 wickets): 2 bonus points
- Bowling team takes 3 wickets in powerplay: 1 bonus point
- Batting team scores 100+ runs in powerplay: 2 bonus points
League stage
[edit]On 28 August 2024, Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.[21]
Markhors
347/6 (50 overs) |
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Panthers
187 (34.5 overs) |
- Panthers won the toss and elected to field.
- Azan Awais (Panthers) made his List A debut.
- Points: Markhors 14, Panthers 0.
Stallions
336/5 (50 overs) |
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Lions
203 (39.3 overs) |
- Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sajjad Ali (Lions) and Yasir Khan (Stallions) both made their List A debuts.
- Points: Stallions 13, Lions 0.
Panthers
328 (49.4 overs) |
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Dolphins
278 (47 overs) |
- Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Usman Khan (Panthers) scored his first century in List A cricket.[22]
- Points: Panthers 11, Dolphins 0.
Playoffs
[edit]| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 24 September 2024 - Faisalabad | 29 September 2025 - Faisalabad | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | Q1W | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 27 September 2025 - Faisalabad | Q2W | ||||||||||
| Q1L | |||||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | ||||||||||||
| 25 September 2025 - Faisalabad | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4th placed team | ||||||||||||
Qualifier 1
[edit]Eliminator
[edit]Qualifier 2
[edit]Final
[edit]References
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- ^ "Pakistan Champions Cup Schedule for 2024-2025 Season Announced". championscup. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "PCB announces Champions One-Day Cup schedule". Business Recorder. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Schedule of Champions One-Day Cup confirmed". Geo Super TV. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "PCB confirms schedule of Champions One-Day Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Champions Cup 2024 schedule, fixtures, match times, latest results and points table: Full list of matches for domestic ODI competition". Sporting News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "PCB Announces Schedule for Champions One Day Cup Starting Sept 12". We News. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Champions Cup commentators and presenters Announced For Season 2024-25". championscup. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Captains and provisional squads confirmed for Champions Cup". pcb. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Champions One-Day Cup: Afridi, Rizwan, Shadab, Shakeel and Haris named captains". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "PCB unveils five Champions Cup team mentors". pcb. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Champions One-Day Cup 2024: Full List Of Captains And Team Mentors". Wisden. 6 September 2024.
- ^ "PCB names provisional squads for inaugural Champions One-day Cup". DAWN. 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Saud Shakeel looks forward to Champions One-Day Cup". pcb. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Lions and Stallions captains look forward to Champions One-Day Cup". pcb. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Rizwan and Shadab look forward to Champions One-Day Cup". PCB. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Aima Baig will perform at Opening Ceremony of Pakistan Champions Cup 2024-25". championscup. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Match officials for Champions One-Day Cup announced". pcb. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Champions One-Day Cup 2024 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Pakistan Champions Cup Points Table 2024-25". championscup.pk. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "PCB confirms schedule of Champions One-Day Cup". pcb. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Usman century, Hasnain five-for headline Panthers' win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2024.