18th edition of Dr M. A. Shah Night Trophy T20 Cricket Tournament will begin from 1st Ramazan at Asghar Ali Shah stadium, Karachi. Rs. 0.8 million will be distributed among teams during the tournament. This was announced by organizers of the tournament recently.
Chief organizers Dr Junaid Ali Shah, former Test cricketer Jalaluddin, tournament director Nusrat Faheem and Iqbal Waris said that those crockteres who have contracts with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) must obtain No Objection Certificate (NOC) to take part in the tournament. The matches will start at 10:00 PM.
12 teams will take part in the tournament and they are divided into four groups of three team. The winning team of 18th Dr M. A. Shah Night Trophy T20 Cricket Tournament will receive Rs. 500,000 whereas runner-up to will get Rs. 250,000. Man of the tournament, best batsman, best bowlers will get Rs. 10,000 each.
Previous years tournament were aired on private channel but till now it is not sure that whether this tournament will be telecast on TV or not.