The 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Karachi,[1] Pakistan, from 25 October 2020 to 5 January 2021.[2][3][4]Central Punjab cricket team were the defending champions.[5][6] Central Punjab started their title defence poorly, with no wins from their first five matches.[7] Despite being bottom in the table at the half-way point of the tournament,[8] they won four of the next five matches to finish second in the table, advancing to the final with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[9]
The final finished in a tie, with Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sharing the title.[10] It was the first time the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy had been tied,[11] and the first tie in the final of a domestic first-class cricket tournament.[12] Central Punjab's Hasan Ali was named the player of the final and the tournament.[13] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa batsman Kamran Ghulam set a new record for runs scored during a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season with 1,249; the previous record had stood since 1983–84.[14]
On 21 October 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the squads for the tournament.[15] Ahead of the opening round of matches, Salman Butt withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ali Zaryab in Central Punjab's team.[16]
