Overall, his numbers in the 2025-26 first-class season read 684 runs at 34.20 and 13 wickets at 30.
Minhas has graduated to the highest levels of the game after proving himself in age group cricket. He played for Multan’s age group teams in tournaments organized by PCB before being snapped up by the top team in the region. He played in the 2024 U-19 World Cup and participated with Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans in the English Premier League.
He also played for Khan Research Laboratories in the President’s Cup last season. Overall, he amassed 1,369 runs at 45.63 on the season with 56 dismissals – 50 catches and six catches – behind the stumps.
Baig is a product of PCB’s age group programs and captained the Minhas in the 2024 Under-19 World Cup where they lost to Australia by one wicket in the semi-final. He has been with Karachi Kings since 2024 but was mostly warm off the bench in his first season. He made his maiden half-century in the PSL this year and made seven appearances for them.
The left-arm pacer from Swat, northern Pakistan, played a crucial role in helping MIT Solutions secure qualification to the first division of the President’s Cup this year. He took 17 wickets at 27.65 in five matches that were not counted as first-class. He was a teammate of Abdullah Shafiq who earned a Test call-up for top-scoring in the tournament.
Imran played only eight matches in the first division. He made his debut in November 2022 and took 23 wickets at 30.86. He played a solitary first-class match in the 2025-26 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, his only appearance in the format last season. He returned with 3 for 85 and 0 for 46 for Peshawar District against Karachi Blues District, in the same match in which Baig scored his twin centuries.
He has been touring with Pakistan Shaheens in recent times. He played three matches in the Emerging Asia T20 Cup in 2024 and toured the UK under Saud Shakeel for three limited-overs matches and two red-ball matches, but did not feature in any of them.
Imran recently attended a five-day camp for NCA fast bowlers, along with the following players in the Pakistan team.
The 21-year-old Rezaullah made his debut in the Pakistani domestic circuit in the 2025-26 season, for Peshawar and Sahir Associates in first-class, List A and T20 matches. The right-arm fast bowler hails from Mardan and has 30 wickets in eight first-class matches at 20.86. He has three five-wicket hauls in 14 innings.
This season, Rezaullah was selected by Rawalpindi, one of the two new teams in the Premier League, and played two matches for them. He took three wickets at 27.66, but at a high economy rate of 12.45.
He is the most experienced among the fast bowlers with over a decade of experience. Randhawa was born in Khanewal and made his first-class debut in the 2015–16 season. The right-armer has 110 first-class wickets at 34.83 in 58 matches and can bat too: he averages 26.52 and has two centuries and ten half-centuries.
He has taken 55 first-class wickets in the last two seasons at 26.45 and captained his home turf, Bahawalpur, in the National T20 Cup qualifiers and the event proper in the 2025-26 season.
He played for Multan Sultans in 2026 PSL. He also has three Premier League appearances under his belt when he featured for Dhaka Dominators in the 2023 edition.
Ehsan Iftikhar Naji is a cricket journalist based in Lahore
