Higher Education Commission cricket team

The Higher Education Commission cricket team is a departmental cricket team in Pakistan that plays first-class cricket in the President's Trophy. The team is sponsored and owned by the Higher Education Commission, and consists of the best cricketers among Pakistan's university students.^[1] The team does not have any geographical base.^[2] The team's captain for the 2024–25 President's Trophy is Muhammad Mohsin Khan.^[3]

Higher Education Commission

League	President's Trophy
Personnel
Captain	Sohail Tanvir
Owner	Higher Education Commission
Team information
Founded	2003
History
First-class debut	22 December in 2023 at National Stadium, Karachi
President's Trophy wins	0

History

The team was founded in 2003 to take part in the 2003 Inter Departmental Qualifying Tournament.^[4] In May 2019, Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan revamped the domestic cricket structure in Pakistan, excluding departmental teams in favour of regional sides, therefore ending the participation of the team.^[5] The team was refounded in March 2023 after another revamp of the domestic structure.^[6][7]

In December 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Higher Education Commission would be one of the teams to participate in the 2023–24 President's Trophy.^[8] The team made their first-class debut on 22 December 2023, losing the match against Water and Power Development Authority.^[9] This was the first time the Higher Education Commission had competed in a major domestic tournament.^[10]