This edition featured an expanded format, with an increase from 19 to 39 matches and from 11 to 13 teams; the new teams being the Islamabad Leopards and the Abbottabad Rhinos.

The Sialkot Stallions won the tournament by defeating the defending champions the Faisalabad Wolves in the final.

Each group plays a single round-robin tournament and the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

[1] The position of the teams in the points table is determined by: The top two teams from each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Ten Sports was covering the tournament until a bomb blast in Karachi.