Pakistan Super League

Pakistan Super League (Urdu: پاکستان سپر لیگ‎; PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams and now comprises six teams. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the league is a single entity in which each franchise is owned and controlled by investors.

This article is about cricket league. For football league, see Pakistan Premier League.

Pakistan Super League
Countries Pakistan
AdministratorPCB
FormatTwenty20
First edition2016
Latest edition2020
Tournament formatDouble round robin and playoffs
Number of teams6
Current championQuetta Gladiators (1st title)
Most successfulIslamabad United (2 titles)
Most runsKamran Akmal (1459)[1]
Most wicketsWahab Riaz (70)[2]
TVList of Broadcasters
2020 Pakistan Super League
Websitepsl-t20.com
Tournaments

The PSL season runs between the months of February and March, with each team playing matches in double round robin format; the top four teams with the best record qualify for the playoffs and culminates in the championship game, the PSL Cup Final. The league is based out of the Pakistan Cricket Board office in Lahore.

History
Main article: History of the Pakistan Super League

Establishment

In September 2015, the PCB officially announced the launch of the PSL. Former Pakistani national team captains Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja signed up to promote the PSL and become brand ambassadors of the league for three years.[3]

After several years of planning and two previous failed attempts,[4][5] the league officially began on 4 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates where Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari, alongside Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, inaugurated the opening ceremony.[6] The first two seasons included five teams based on the capital cities of Pakistan's provinces and the Federal capital.[7][8] In its first season the PSL had a higher percentage of international players. The league uses a draft system for player recruitment similar to that used in many North American professional sports leagues and as opposed to the auction system used in some other T20 leagues.[9]

The PSL's official logo was launched on 20 September 2015 in a ceremony in Lahore, and was revealed by 3Di.[10] The ceremony was attended by current and retired cricketers, as well as Pakistani celebrities.

The commercial rights to the initial franchises were sold for US$93 million for a span of 10 years in December 2015. The market value of PSL in 2017 was up to US$300 million according to Arif Habib,[11] and has grown significantly in the years since.[12]

Expansion

The possibility of adding a sixth team to the league in 2017,[13] possibly in Azad Kashmir, was also under discussion, but was rejected by May 2016.[14][15][16]

Sethi announced that there would be the sixth team in next season of PSL, few days after 2017 PSL held. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra announced that the PSL administration will be approached for the participation of team FATA as the sixth team in PSL 2018.[17][18] Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, chief minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, also said to have the sixth team from Gilgit-Baltistan. PCB short-listed five names for sixth team; Faisalabad, FATA, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali and Multan.[19]

The final name of the sixth team for PSL 2018 season was announced on 1 June 2017; Multan Sultans; owned by Schön Properties at $5.2 million annually.[20][21] On 10 November 2018, PCB terminated franchise agreements with Schön Properties, resulting in a new owner being introduced.[22]

Profits

In May 2016, the PCB officially announced that the inaugural season of the PSL yielded profits of US$2.6 million.[23]

Format
PSL Playoffs

The PSL is played in a double round-robin format. Every team plays each other twice and the top four advance to the Playoffs.

The league follows the rules and regulations dictated by the International Cricket Council, although it introduced DRS system in T20s which was later emulated by International Cricket Council as well. In the group stage, two points are awarded for a win, one for a no-result and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a super over is used to determine the match winner. In the group stage teams are ranked on the following criteria:

  1. Higher number of points
  2. If equal, better run rate
  3. If equal, highest number of wins
  4. If equal, fewest losses
  5. If still equal, the results of head to head meeting

In any play-off match in which there is no result, a super over is used to determine the winner. If the super over is not possible or the result of the over is a tie, the team which finished in the highest league position at the end of the regular season is deemed the winner of the match.

Teams

According to a PCB press release, around 20 parties showed an interest in buying franchises for the league before the first season.[24] On 18 October 2015 the Pakistan Cricket Board began accepting tenders for franchises with a deadline for bids of 15 November.[25]

According to a statement by the PCB, bid winners would be granted the rights to a franchise for a term of ten years.[26] Interested parties included the ARY Group, Omar Associates, Arif Habib Group, Haier, Mobilink as well as international groups including Leonine Global Sports and the Qatar Lubricants Company (QALCO).[27]

All five franchises for the first season of the league were sold on 3 December 2015, for a total price of US$93 million, after seven bidders presented formal proposals.[28][29]

PSL Map of Participating Nations

In April 2017, PCB invited bids for the sixth team and the deadline set for the submission of both the financial and technical proposals was 30 May and as many as 40 national and international parties expressed an interest in buying the sixth franchise.[30]

On 1 June 2017, from five regions short-listed by PCB Multan was bought by Schön Properties for a price of US$5.2 million per year becoming the most expensive team of the PSL.[31] However, on 12 November 2018, its rights were terminated by PCB due to payment issues. PCB invited bids and resold the "6th team" to Ali Tareen consortium after successful bid with US$6.35 million for 7 years on 20 December 2018.

Team City/Province Owner Founded Captain Coach
Islamabad United Islamabad, Capital Territory Leonine Global Sports
(Ali Naqvi & Amna Naqvi)		 2015[lower-alpha 1] Shadab Khan Misbah-ul-Haq
Karachi Kings Karachi, Sindh ARY Group
(Salman Iqbal, CEO)		 2015[lower-alpha 1] Imad Wasim Dean Jones
Lahore Qalandars Lahore, Punjab Qatar Lubricants Company
(Fawad Rana, MD)		 2015[lower-alpha 1] Sohail Akhtar Aaqib Javed
Multan Sultans Multan, Punjab Ali Khan Tareen & Alamgir Khan Tareen 2017[lower-alpha 2]
2018[lower-alpha 3]		 Shan Masood Andy Flower
Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haier Pakistan
(Javed Afridi, CEO)		 2015[lower-alpha 1] Wahab Riaz Darren Sammy
Quetta Gladiators Quetta, Balochistan Omar Associates
(Nadeem Omar, Director)		 2015[lower-alpha 1] Sarfaraz Ahmed Moin Khan

Results

Due to security reasons, the first season was played entirely in the United Arab Emirates. The inaugural champions were Islamabad United. Peshawar Zalmi were the 2017 PSL Champions, having defeated Quetta Gladiators in Lahore on 5 March 2017. Islamabad United were the 2018 PSL champions, beating Peshawar Zalmi on 25 March 2018. The current champions are Quetta Gladiators, who won the title on 17 March 2019 in Karachi.[32]

Season results
Season No. of teams Final Venue Player of the series
Winner Winning margin Runner-up
2016
Details		 5 Islamabad United
175/4 (18.4 overs)		 6 wickets
Scorecard		 Quetta Gladiators
174/7 (20 overs)		 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Ravi Bopara (Karachi Kings)
2017
Details		 Peshawar Zalmi
148/6 (20 overs)		 58 runs
Scorecard		 Quetta Gladiators
90 (16.3 overs)		 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)
2018
Details		 6 Islamabad United
154/7 (16.5 overs)		 3 wickets
Scorecard		 Peshawar Zalmi
148/9 (20 overs)		 National Stadium, Karachi Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)
2019
Details		 Quetta Gladiators
139/2 (17.5 overs)		 8 wickets
Scorecard		 Peshawar Zalmi
138/8 (20 overs)		 Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)
2020
Details		 TBC
Scorecard		 TBC Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore


Team results
Season (No. of teams) 2016
(5)		 2017
(5)		 2018
(6)		 2019
(6)		 2020
(6)
Teams↓ Host(s)


Islamabad United W (3rd) 4th W (1st) 3rd (3rd) 6th
Karachi Kings 4th 3rd (3rd) 3rd (2nd) 4th
Lahore Qalandars 5th 6th
Multan Sultans DNP 5th
Peshawar Zalmi 3rd (1st) W (1st) R (3rd) R (1st)
Quetta Gladiators R (2nd) 4th W (2nd) 5th

Notes:

  • W = Winner;
  • R = Runner-up;
  • SF = Semifinalist;
  • DNP = Did not Participate;
  • (x) = End of league games table position;

Overview
Main article: List of Pakistan Super League records and statistics

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.

Appearances Statistics
Team Total First Latest Best result Mat. Won Lost Tie&W Tie&L NR Win%*
Islamabad United 520162020Champions (2016, 2018)53282410053.77
Quetta Gladiators 520162020Champions (2019)52302100158.82
Peshawar Zalmi 520162020Champions (2017)56312400156.36
Karachi Kings 520162020Third Place (2017, 2018)52222701245.00
Multan Sultans 320182020Group Stage (2018, 2019)2071200136.84
Lahore Qalandars 520162020Group Stage (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)36102411030.55
Last Updated: 14 March 2020
Source:[33]

Note:

  • Tie&W and Tie&L indicates matches tied and then won or lost by "Super Over"
  • The result percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as full win.

Individual awards

The Hanif Mohammad award and a green cap are awarded to the leading run-scorer. It is an ongoing competition with the leading run-scorer wearing the cap throughout the tournament until the final game, with the eventual winner keeping the cap and receiving the award for the season.[34] The Fazal Mahmood award and a maroon cap are awarded to the leading wicket-taker in the same way[35] whilst the Imtiaz Ahmed award is awarded to the best wicket-keeper. All three awards were introduced in the second PSL season.[36]

Sponsorship

The PSL's initial title sponsorship was awarded to HBL Pakistan for three years in December 2015.[37] Sponsorship deals associated with the league including the title sponsorship, are estimated to be worth more than $6 million.[38] HBL later renewed their sponsorship for three more years.[39]

Title sponsor Period Sponsorship amount (per year) Ref.
HBL 2016-2018 US$5 Million [40]
2019-2021 US$14.3 Million [39][40]

Broadcast and Digital Distributions
PSL Live Broadcast

For the first three seasons of the league, Sunset + Vine were awarded production rights as official broadcasters, and PTV Sports, Ten Sports and Geo Super were awarded broadcast rights in Pakistan with the PCB selling the global television rights to Tech Front, a UAE group.[41].


Matches Streamed live in Pakistan and worldwide on YouTube, and on PSL Official Site and App through Cricketgateway.pk while streamed globally on Cricketgateway.com[42][43][44]

Territory Years Channels
 Pakistan 2016–2018
2016–present
2016–present		 Ten Sports
PTV Sports
Geo Super
 Afghanistan 2017–present Moby
 Australia 2017–2019
2020–present		 Channel 44
beIN
 Bangladesh 2016–present Gazi TV
 Canada 2017–2018
2017–present		 Sportsnet
Willow TV
 Caribbean 2016–present Flow TV
 Europe 2019–present Hum TV
 India 2018–present DSport[45][46][47]
 Kenya 2017–present StarTimes
 Malaysia 2020–present Astro
Middle East 2016–2018
2019–present		 ARY Digital
Cricketgateway.ae
North Africa 2016–2018
2019–present
2019–present		 OSN Sports
Cricketgateway.ae
Yupp TV
 New Zealand 2020-present Sky Sport
 Qatar 2020-present Vodafone Sports
 South Africa 2017–2018
2017–present		 StarTimes
SuperSport
 Sri Lanka 2016–2018
2016–2018
2016–present		 Ten Sports
CSN
Dialog TV
 United Kingdom 2016–2018
2016–2018
2016–present		 Prime TV
City 44 UK
Geo Tez
 United Arab Emirates 2016–2018
2019–present		 OSN Sports
eLife TV
 United States 2017–2018
2017–2018
2017–present		 A-Plus TV
Yupp TV
AAG TV
 Zimbabwe 2017–2018 SuperSport
Worldwide Internet Rights 2016–present Cricketgateway
2020–present Cricingif

Source:[48]

Advertising rights for the first three years of the league's operation were awarded to Pakistani company Blitz Advertising.[49]

Footnotes
  1. The team was founded in 2015 and made its PSL debut in the 2016 season.
  2. The team was founded in 2017 and made its PSL debut in the 2018 season. But team's contract was terminated in 2018, after they failed to pay their annual fee of US$5.2 million to PCB.
  3. The team was founded in 2018 with new owners and with the same name and made its PSL debut in the 2019 season.

See also

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