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PCB revamps domestic T20 competition
- Updated: July 30, 2016
The PCB has revamped Pakistan’s domestic Twenty20 Cup into a format that features eight teams instead of 18. The old format, which had been in place for 11 years, was city-based; the new format will feature the top seven grade one regional teams from last season, and the top regional team from grade two.
The city-based feature was a defining one of the competition, with Sialkot Stallions being a major feeder of T20 players to the national set-up, along with Faisalabad Wolves. Also, the city-based format sparked rivalries and interest in the tournament without any major marketing. “The main idea is to make it more competitive and this model is more commercially viable,” head of domestic cricket committee Shakeel Sheikh told ESPNcricinfo.
“We were playing with too many teams earlier and quality was suffering. But now with having lesser teams we can enhance the quality and this new model is attracting more sponsorship and is much stronger to sustain for long.”
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