Pakistan Super League (PSL)

Psl started from 2016. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Pakistan Super League to come back the cricket in Pakistan. The First and Second edition of the PSL is properly managed.The 3rd and current Season is starting from 22 Feb 2018.Last time was 5 teams and now in 2018 season,total six teams participating including newly team Multan Sultans.Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a franchise T20 cricket tournament organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board.Top international and local cricketers represent six cities of Pakistan. Quetta, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Islamabad, and Multan vie for PSL glory.

First Season Winner Team - 2016

In the First Season, every team tries their best to win the title of PSL 2016. Islamabad United prove their self as the power of PSL First Season.In the First Season 2016, the final match was won by Islamabad United under the Misbah-Ul-Haq captaincy.

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PSL 2016 Team Squad Player List

Islamabad United

Amad Butt, Samuel Badree, Brad Haddin, Kamran Ghulam, Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Babar Azam, Sam Billings, Imran Khalid, Umar Amin, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan, Rumman Raees, Sharjeel Khan, Shane Watson, Hussain Talat, Umar Siddiq, Asif Ali, Azhar Mahmood, Dwayne Smith.

Quetta Gladiators

Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Aizaz Cheema, Anwar Ali, Bilal Asif, Elton Chigumbura, Mohammad Nabi, Kevin Pietersen, Saad Nasim, Umar Gul, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad, Asad Shafiq, Jason Holder, Mohammad Nawaz, Rameez Raja, Kumar Sangakkara, Luke Wright, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Bismillah Khan, Nathan McCullum, Grant Elliott.

Karachi Kings

Shoaib Malik(c), Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Nauman Anwar, Saifullah Bangash, Lendl Simmons, Sohail Tanvir, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahzaib Hasan, Bilawal Bhatti, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mir Hamza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohail Khan, Fawad Alam, Usama Mir, Riki Wessels, James Vince, Owais Shah, Ryan ten Doeschate.

Lahore Qalandars

Adnan Rasool, Dwayne Bravo, Cameron Delport, Hammad Azam, Mustafizur Rahman, Sohaib Maqsood, Zia-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Azhar Ali(c), Kevon Cooper, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Rizwan, Umar Akmal, Zafar Gohar, Zohaib Khan, Ehsan Adil, Mukhtar Ahmed, Imran Butt, Naved Yasin, Ajantha Mendis.

Peshawar Zalmi

Imran Khan jnr, Aamer Yamin, Jim Allenby, Chris Jordan, Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Darren Sammy, Shahid Yousuf, Wahab Riaz, Abdur Rehman, Junaid Khan, Dawid Malan, Shahid Afridi(c), Tamim Iqbal, Brad Hodge, Taj Wali, Musadiq Ahmed, Hasan Ali, Israrullah, Mohammad Asghar, Shaun Tait, Jonny Bairstow.

PSL Second Season

Second Season Winner Team - 2017

PSL second season was won by Peshawar Zalmi.Second season 2017 was played between Quetta Gladiators and Peshawar Zalmi.First qualifying match was played between Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators and Quetta Gladiators won by 1 run.Second qualifying match was played between Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings and Karachi Kings won by 44 runs.Third qualifying match was played between Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi won by 24 runs.

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PSL 2017 Teams Squad Players List

Islamabad United

Misbah-ul-Haq(c), Amad Butt, Asif Ali, Samuel Badree, Sam Billings, Ben Duckett, Steven Finn, Brad Haddin, Hussain Talat, Imran Khalid, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Sami, Rumman Raees, Saeed Ajmal, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Dwayne Smith, Shane Watson, Zohaib Khan.

Quetta Gladiators

Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Ahmed Shehzad, Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Bismillah Khan, Hasan Khan, Nathan McCullum, Mahmudullah, Tymal Mills, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Nawaz, Noor Wali, Thisara Perera, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Saad Nasim, Umar Amin, Umar Gul, Luke Wright, Zulfiqar Babar.

Karachi Kings

Kumar Sangakkara(c), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Ravi Bopara, Chris Gayle, Hasan Mohsin, Imad Wasim, Mahela Jayawardene, Kashif Bhatti, Khurram Manzoor, Ryan McLaren, Mohammad Amir, Kieron Pollard, Rahat Ali, Saifullah Bangash, Shahzaib Hasan, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Khan, Usama Mir.

Lahore Qalandars

Brendon McCullum(c), Aamer Yamin, Azhar Ali, Bilawal Bhatti, Cameron Delport, Grant Elliott, Fakhar Zaman, James Franklin, Ghulam Mudassar, Chris Green, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sunil Narine, Jason Roy, Saif Badar, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Akmal, Usman Qadir, Yasir Shah, Zafar Gohar.

Peshawar Zalmi

Darren Sammy(c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Andre Fletcher, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imran Khan jnr, Chris Jordan, Junaid Khan, Kamran Akmal, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Asghar, Mohammad Hafeez, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel, Marlon Samuels, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Tamim Iqbal, Wahab Riaz.

Pakistan Super League (PSL) - 2018

The PSL schedule for the 2018 edition has been released and will kick-start from February 22 in Dubai. All PSL 3 matches will be played at 4 venues – Dubai, Sharjah, Lahore and Karachi as announced by the PCB.Peshawar Zalmi will take on Multan Sultans in the season opener which will be followed by a double-header on Friday, February 23 in the same city. Karachi Kings will take on Quetta Gladiators and Multan Sultans will play Lahore Qalandars that evening.Islamabad United will kick-start their campaign on Saturday with a game against Peshawar Zalmi and on the same day the Gladiators will also face the Qalandars.

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PSL 2018 Teams Squad Players list

Islamabad United

1. Retained Players: Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali.

2. Players Picked in the Draft:JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat.

3. Supplementary Players:Alex Hales, Steven Finn (replaced David Willey), Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain (injured).

4. Emerging Category Players:Rohail Nazir.

5. Player Covers:Samit Patel (as cover for Asela Gunaratne who was a cover for JP Duminy), Chadwick Walton (cover for Sam Billings).

Karachi King

1. Retained players: Imad Wasim (captain), Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi.

2. Players picked in the draft: Colin Ingram, Joe Denly (replaced Luke Wright), David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Hasan Mohsin, Tymal Mills (replaced Mitchell Johnson).

3. Supplementary players: Lendl Simmons (replaced Colin Munro), Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash.

4. Emerging category players: Mohammad Taha, Mushtaq Ahmed Kalhoro.

Peshawar Zalmi

1. Retained players: Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Darren Sammy, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar.

2. Players picked in the draft: Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh.

3. Supplementary players: Andre Fletcher, Rikki Wessels (replaced Evin Lewis), Khalid Usman, Muhammad Arif.

4. Emerging category players: Khushdil Shah.

5. Player Covers: Liam Dawson (cover for Shakib al Hasan), Umaid Asif (cover for Hasan Ali).

Quetta Gladiators

1. Retained players: Sarfraz Ahmed, Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq.

2. Players picked in the draft: Shane Watson, Jofra Archer (replaced Carlos Brathwaite), Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja Jr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan.

3. Emerging category players: Mohammad Junaid.

4. Supplementary players: Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Moin Khan (jr.), Faraz Ahmed.

5. Player Covers: John Hastings (replaced Albie Morkel who was a cover for Jason Roy), Chris Green (cover for Rashid Khan), Ben Laughlin (cover for Jofra Archer).

Lahore Qalandars

1. Retained players: Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Brendon McCullum, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan.

2. Players picked in the draft: Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rehman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar.

3. Supplementary players: Anton Devcich (replaced Angelo Mathews), Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.

4. Emerging category players: Imran Khan Jr. Salman Irshad.

5. Player Covers: Dinesh Ramdin (cover for Mustafizur Rahman).

Multan Sultans

1. Pre-draft players: Shoaib Malik, Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti.

2. Players picked in the draft: Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar.

3. Supplementary players: Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley.

4. Emerging category players: Shan Masood.

5. Player Covers: Thisara Perera (cover for Imran Tahir).

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