Indoor and Box Cricket Grounds in Islamabad and Rawalpindi

Twin-cities cricket does not stop when the sun goes down — it moves indoors. Caged grounds with astro turf and floodlights have gone up across Islamabad and Rawalpindi over the last few years, and most of them run slots well past midnight.

Here are eleven of them, with the area, a phone number and their Google rating. Details were checked in November 2026. Ring ahead: slots, surfaces and prices change, and the busy grounds fill up days in advance for weekend nights.

Islamabad

PK Arena — H-13, near NUST

Padel courts, indoor cricket, practice nets, snooker and a café in one complex. The newest and most polished venue on this list, and one of the few with its own website.
Phone: +92 345 8000032 · Google rating: 4.9 (29 reviews)

Soan Garden Indoor Cricket Field — Soan Gardens, Block D

One of the longest-running indoor grounds on the Islamabad side, and one of the busiest by review count.
Phone: +92 306 5417404 · Google rating: 4.2 (64 reviews)

Shoaib Indoor Cricket — F-17/2, near Faisal Town

A newer ground serving the F-17 and Faisal Town side, which is otherwise thin on indoor options.
Phone: +92 336 4050560 · Google rating: 4.9 (13 reviews)

Indoor Cricket Club — CBR Commercial Area, Block E, Police Foundation

No phone number listed on Google — easiest to find it on Maps and turn up, or ask in the CBR commercial area.
Google rating: 3.6 (14 reviews)

Rawalpindi

Cricket Ventures Indoor Ground — Media Town Road, Block A, Media Town

The highest-rated ground in the twin cities by a distance, with far more reviews than anywhere else on this list.
Phone: +92 308 7777588 · Google rating: 4.9 (73 reviews)

SACA Indoor Cricket — Ayub National Park

Day and night indoor matches, cricket nets and a bowling machine, which makes it one of the better options if you are practising rather than playing a match.
Phone: +92 321 6597306 · Google rating: 4.1 (9 reviews)

Naseerabad Sports Complex — Naseerabad

Small, well reviewed, and handy for the western side of Rawalpindi.
Phone: +92 313 5177770 · Google rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)

Rj Indoor Cricket Club — Bankers Colony, Defence Road

Phone: +92 333 5765861 · Google rating: 4.0 (7 reviews)

M&M Indoor Cricket Ground (Academy) — Jamshed Colony

Runs as an academy as well as a ground. No phone listed on Google.
Google rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Indoor Cricket Rawalpindi — Sadiqabad

Phone: +92 313 0056764 · Google rating: 5.0 (3 reviews)

Friends Arena Indoor Cricket & Training Center — Fifth Road, Block E, Satellite Town

Phone: +92 310 1504818 · Google rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

What to check before you book

• Slot length and price. Most grounds sell by the hour, and late-night slots are often priced differently from afternoons. Confirm both on the phone.
• How many players the cage holds. Box grounds vary a lot in width. Six a side on a narrow cage is a very different game from eight a side.
• The surface. Astro turf over concrete bounces higher and truer than matting over sand. Ask what is under the turf, especially if you are practising batting.
• Lights. Every ground on this list has floodlights, but brightness varies. If the lighting is dim, a yellow ball is much easier to pick up than a darker one.
• Ball policy. Some grounds supply balls, some expect you to bring your own, and a few will not allow hard balls at all. Always ask.
• Parking and timing. Friday and Saturday nights go first. Book midweek if you want a choice of slot.

Which ball works indoors

Indoor grounds are tough on balls. The turf is abrasive, the cage walls take a beating, and a session that runs three hours will chew through a bag of tape balls — each one lasting roughly twenty-five overs before the tape lifts and the bounce starts drifting.

Three things matter for an indoor ball:

1. Weight. Around 70 grams — tape-ball weight. Anything heavier is unkind to tape-ball bats, to hands, and to the netting.
2. Visibility. Under floodlights, high-visibility yellow is the easiest to track. Pink stands out well against green turf.
3. Durability. Every stop to re-tape is time you have paid for and are not playing.

This is the gap the Tilde swing ball was built for: a 70g PU-rubber ball with a half-dimple, half-smooth surface so it swings off the seam without any tape, tested for over 200 overs, and washable when the turf marks it up. If you want to use the conditions properly, the guide to swinging a tape ball walks through the grip and the seam angle.

Run one of these grounds?

If you own or manage an indoor ground, box arena or academy in the twin cities, Tilde supplies balls by the box at trade pricing — six balls to a box, minimum two boxes, with bigger discounts from six boxes up. A box that lasts a season beats a crate of tape balls that lasts a fortnight. Trade pricing is here.

And if your ground is not on this list, or something above is out of date, send us a message and we will add or fix it.

FAQ

How much does an indoor cricket ground cost per hour in Islamabad?
It varies by venue, slot and day, and the grounds on this list do not publish rates. Ring the number listed and ask for weekday and weekend prices — they are often different.

Do indoor grounds stay open late?
Most run night slots, which is the main reason they exist. Weekend late slots are the first to go.

Can you play with a hard ball indoors?
Usually not. Indoor and box grounds are built for tape-ball and soft-ball cricket, and a hardball damages both the netting and the players. Check with the ground first.

What is the difference between indoor cricket and box cricket?
In everyday use here, very little — both mean a small caged ground with turf and lights. “Box cricket” usually implies the walls are in play.

Which ball colour is best under floodlights?
Yellow, in most grounds. Pink is easier to track against green turf in brighter venues.