President's Trophy Grade-II Silver 2026 Final: UCP Beat SASA Packaging by 69 Runs, Win Rs 2.5 Million

University of Central Punjab (UCP) won the President's Trophy Grade-II Silver 2026-27, beating SASA Packaging by 69 runs in the four-day final at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore, which ended on 23 October 2026. UCP get Rs 2.5 million and SASA Packaging Rs 1.25 million, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on 24 October.

Both finalists move up to the Grade-II Gold tournament next season. UCP's left-arm wrist-spinner Haris Khan took 5 for 64 in the final and 56 wickets in the season. We read the PCB report on 24 October; the scores, prize money and leaderboards below come from it.

UCP beat SASA Packaging by 69 runs in Lahore

UCP won the President's Trophy Grade-II Silver final by 69 runs. They led by nine runs on first innings, set SASA Packaging 221 to win, and bowled them out for 151 in 48.3 overs on the fourth day, 23 October 2026.

The first innings were capped at 70 overs each, so the nine-run lead was small. The final turned in the last innings, when Haris Khan and Hammad Aziz shared nine of the ten SASA wickets. Haris bowled 19.3 overs for his five.

We worked out UCP's second-innings total from the PCB's own figures: a nine-run lead plus 211 more runs gives a target of 221. The PCB report gives the target as 221, which matches.

UCP take Rs 2.5 million and SASA Rs 1.25 million

The PCB paid UCP a winner's prize of Rs 2.5 million (PKR 2,500,000) and SASA Packaging Rs 1.25 million (PKR 1,250,000) as runners-up. Both teams also earned promotion to the President's Trophy Grade-II Gold for the next domestic season.

Promotion is the bigger prize. Grade-II Gold is one step below Grade-I, the first-class tournament for departments. This season showed how far that ladder can go: Markhor IT Solutions came up from Grade-II and are now in the Grade-I final against State Bank of Pakistan, which tops the President's Trophy 2026 points table.

1. Grade-II Silver: the entry level, won this season by UCP.
2. Grade-II Gold: the next step up, where UCP and SASA play next season.
3. Grade-I: the first-class departmental tournament, whose final starts on 25 October.

Haris Khan took 56 wickets and scored 481 runs

Haris Khan was the player of the season. The UCP left-arm wrist-spinner took 56 wickets, 16 more than anyone else, and scored 481 runs at an average of 43. That is fourth on the run list as well as first on the wicket list.

All five leading wicket takers are spinners, according to the PCB report. Haris is a left-arm wrist-spinner, Muhammad Aleem Imtiaz an off-spinner, and the other three bowl left-arm spin.

Muhammad Saleem of SASA scored the most runs with 621

SASA Packaging's Muhammad Saleem scored the most runs in the tournament, 621. Two team-mates, Mohammad Abdul Rehman with 517 and Attyab Ahmed with 481, follow him. UCP's Haris Khan (481) and Obaid Shahid (478) complete the top five.

SASA had the three top run scorers in the competition and still lost the final. Batting depth got them to the last match, and UCP's bowling won it.

Six teams played 18 matches from 19 September

The tournament ran from 19 September to 23 October with six teams: Service Industries, ZM Electronics, SASA Packaging, Sports Board Punjab, UCP and University of Punjab. It had 17 three-day matches and a four-day final, none of them first-class.

In the semi-finals, UCP beat Service Industries. SASA Packaging and University of Punjab drew, and SASA went through on first-innings lead, the tie-break for a drawn knockout game in this event. Our report on the Grade-II Silver semi-finals has the line-up from that week, and the Grade-II Gold final was won by Kingsmen.

Common questions

Who won the President's Trophy Grade-II Silver 2026?

University of Central Punjab (UCP). They beat SASA Packaging by 69 runs in the final at Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore.

How much prize money did UCP get?

Rs 2.5 million. Runners-up SASA Packaging got Rs 1.25 million.

Who took the most wickets?

Haris Khan of UCP, with 56 wickets. He also took 5 for 64 in the final.

Who scored the most runs?

Muhammad Saleem of SASA Packaging, with 621 runs.

Which teams were promoted?

UCP and SASA Packaging both move up to the President's Trophy Grade-II Gold next season.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

We read the PCB report "University of Central Punjab emerge victorious in President's Trophy Grade-II Silver", dated Lahore, 24 October 2026, on the PCB website on 24 October 2026. Every score, prize and leaderboard figure above is from that report. We did not see the full scorecard, so the second-innings total of 211 is our reading of the report's wording, checked against its target of 221. The PCB report does not list bowling styles for every bowler, so "spinners" covers only those it describes.