Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020

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PSL squads, schedule, fixtures, time table, time and venues


The fifth edition of Pakistan’s franchise T20 tournament, Pakistan Super League (PSL), is set to begin from Thursday (February 20). The tournament is scheduled to take place between 20 February 2020 and 22 March 2020.

Six franchise teams – Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi, and Quetta Gladiators – will contest for the title. Several players playing in the IPL 2020 will be seen in action at the PSL.

All the games will be played at four venues – Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore), National Stadium (Karachi), Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (Rawalpindi), and Multan Cricket Stadium (Multan). the playoffs, including the final, are scheduled to take place in Lahore.


Pakistan Super League 2020 All Team Squads and Players List

Peshawar Zalmi


Darren Sammy (c), Kamran Akmal (wk), Aamir Ali, Hasan Ali, Rahat Ali, Haider Ali Khan, Adil Amin, Umar Amin, Tom Banton (wk), Carlos Brathwaite, Liam Dawson, Lewis Gregory, Imam-ul-Haq, Amir Khan, Liam Livingstone, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Mohsin, Kieron Pollard, Wahab Riaz.

Quetta Gladiators

Sarfraz Ahmed (c & wk), Fawad Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Ahsan Ali, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain, Arish Ali Khan, Azam Khan, Sohail Khan, Khurram Manzoor, Zahid Mehmood, Tymal Mills, Abdul Nasir, Mohammad Nawaz, Keemo Paul, Jason Roy, Naseem Shah, Ahmed Shehzad, Shane Watson.

Islamabad United

Shadab Khan (c), Faheem Ashraf, Asif Ali, Saif Badar, Amad Butt, Zafar Gohar, Rizwan Hussain, Colin Ingram, Akif Javed, Musa Khan, Dawid Malan, Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Luke Ronchi (wk), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Phil Salt, Dale Steyn, Hussain Talat.

Karachi Kings

Imad Wasim (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Amir, Umaid Asif, Babar Azam, Cameron Delport, Alex Hales, Arshad Iqbal, Chris Jordan, Sharjeel Khan, Ali Khan, Umer Khan, Mitch McClenaghan, Usama Mir, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Chadwick Walton, Aamir Yamin, Awais Zia.

Multan Sultans

Shan Masood (c), Moeen Ali, Shahid Afridi, Fabian Allen, Zeeshan Ashraf, Bilawal Bhatti, Ravi Bopara, Mohammad Ilyas, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Wayne Madsen, Rohail Nazir (wk), Rilee Rossouw, Usman Qadir, Ali Shafiq, Khushdil Shah, Imran Tahir, Sohail Tanvir, James Vince.

Lahore Qalandars

Sohail Akhtar (c), Shaheen Afridi, Jaahid Ali, Salman Butt, Ben Dunk (wk), Mohammad Faizan, Mohammad Hafeez, Dilbar Hussain, Chris Lynn, Samit Patel, Seekkuge Prasanna, Farzan Raja, Haris Rauf, Usman Shinwari, Dane Vilas (wk), David Wiese, Fakhar Zaman.



Pakistan Super League 2020 Schedule


20 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United, National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

21 Feb – Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi, National Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

22 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi, National Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Islamabad United v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

23 Feb – Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators, National Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

26 Feb – Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi, Multan Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

27 Feb – Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

28 Feb – Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings, Multan Cricket Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

29 Feb – Multan Sultans v Quetta Gladiators, Multan Cricket Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

1 Mar – Islamabad United v Karachi Kings, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

2 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

3 Mar – Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

4 Mar – Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

5 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators, Pindi Cricket Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

6 Mar – Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

7 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United, Pindi Cricket Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

8 Mar – Multan Sultans v Islamabad United, Pindi Cricket Stadium (2:00 PM PST)

Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

10 Mar – Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

11 Mar – Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

12 Mar – Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars, National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

13 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Multan Sultans, National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

14 Mar – Karachi Kings v Islamabad United, National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

15 Mar – Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars, Gaddafi Stadium (2:00 pm PST)

Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings, National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

17 Mar – Qualifier (1 v 2), National Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

18 Mar – Eliminator 1 (3 v 4), Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

20 Mar – Eliminator 2 (loser Qualifier v winner Eliminator 1), Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

22 Mar – Final (TBC v TBC), Gaddafi Stadium (7:00 PM PST)

 

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PSL drops ‘Khel Ja Dil Se’ featuring Fawad Khan, Aima Baig and others
By Maheen Sabeeh

Cricket fever across the country is at its height as cricket has come home with Pakistan Super League V being played from start to finish in the country. It has also multiplied the number of music releases dedicated to cricket.

Chief among those releases is ‘Khel Ja Dil Se,’ the latest PSL/Pepsi anthem, which opens with Fawad Khan against a completely dark backdrop. It’s just black, with Khan being the exception, as neon colours appear and disappear on him slowly.

Unlike ‘Tayyar Hain’, this one is more electronic, very much akin to the sound Xulfi and Fawad managed to create in ‘Uth Jaag’. In the video, Fawad fades out to be replaced by actor-singer Haroon Shahid against a colorful neon-meets-laser lights backdrop as he sings about moving beyond failure. Interspersed with these are shots of Pakistan’s cricketers. The voice changes, Kashmir’s Bilal Ali appears as cricketers walk through a hall of fame. Aima Baig’s appearance brings an electronic dance element into the mix as sick beats follow on. This is a completely opposite track from ‘Tayyar Hain’ and though it has its own generational value, this one is closer to being a single one can listen to beyond PSL V and that is a great success for music producer Xulfi, who has been admonished too much for ‘Tayyar Hain’ whereas both are different ideas of music.

 

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Six PSL teams arrive in capital

February 24, 2020

The teams will be given foolproof security. — Dawn/File


RAWALPINDI: Six cricket teams, including international players, participating in Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 will reach Islamabad today (Monday).

The teams will be given foolproof security.

Pakistan Rangers, local police, Quick Response Force, Special Branch personnel and traffic police will be deployed to ensure foolproof security for the teams.

Pakistan Rangers will be deployed at the hotel where the teams will be staying and on rooftops of buildings. They will be equipped with G-3/SMG, wireless sets and binoculars.

According to sources, Rangers officials (security division) will also be deployed along the route starting from the hotel where the players will stay to Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Eight PSL matches will be played from Feb 27 till March 8 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.As part of the tightened security, combing of open areas will be carried out by police and Rangers while the Bomb Disposal Squad with special branch and army will conduct sweeping of the areas.

City Police Officer (CPO) Mohammad Ahsan Younus has been appointed the focal person for Rawalpindi police, while DSP (security) Sher Mohammad and Inspector (security) Ghulam Rasool have been assigned as focal persons for Islamabad police.

A separate security and traffic plan has also been chalked out by the Rawalpindi police.

During the matches, Cricket Stadium Road will be closed and traffic diverted to other roads.

Sharpshooters will be deployed on the rooftops of all buildings located around the cricket stadium and women police around the stadium.

Extra traffic wardens will also be deputed to ensure smooth flow of traffic in the city.

 

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PSL 2020: Javed Afridi announces free bus service for Peshawar Zalmi fans to and from Rawalpindi

Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi tweeted on Monday that fans of the "Yellow Storm" who have bought tickets to see their team in action in Rawalpindi can travel to and from the city for free courtesy his bus service.

Zalmi would run free bus service from Peshawar to Rawalpindi and then back to Peshawar on all of the team's matches in the city.

Peshawar Zalmi is set to play five consecutive games in Peshawar between 28th February to 7th March.

"The fans are the real strength of Peshawar Zalmi and we want to make sure that maximum of the fans from our base in Peshawar reach Rawalpindi comfortably to cheer for the team," Afridi said.


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"All the ticket holders for respective games will get free bus service," he added.

Peshawar Zalmi will play Lahore Qalandars on 28th February, Islamabad United on 29th, Karachi Kings on 2nd March, Quetta Gladiators on 5th March and 2nd leg's game Islamabad United on 7th March.

The franchise owner further said that large screens are also being installed in Peshawar where families can enjoy the live-action on the TV broadcasts.

 

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No 'official complaint' from Quetta over alleged Peshawar ball-tampering - PCB

Quetta failed to make a formal complaint against Peshawar within the 48-hour window

 

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Will money laundering and other corrupt practices along with contracts awarded to Indians be investigated by FIA?

The government seems to be hell bent on helping Indian economy.

 

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The Multan Cricket Stadium all decked up and ready to host PSL matches! It's one of the largest stadium in the country with 35000 capacity.

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The Rawalpindi stadium

 

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Festive atmosphere, excited fans set to welcome cricket back to Multan

February 26, 2020

Multan was selected to host three matches while Rawalpindi and Karachi and Lahore were finalised as other venues. — AFP/File
After a long gap of 12 years, Multan is set to host a high-profile cricket match with home team Multan Sultans taking on Peshawar Zalmi in their HBL Pakistan Super League match on Wednesday.

After the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that the PSL will be staged in the country in its entirety, Multan was selected to host three matches while Rawalpindi — for the first time as well — and Karachi and Lahore were finalised as the other venues.

As the City of Saints expects three action packed fixtures featuring their home side, the atmosphere is festive. Huge signboards and promotional artwork have also been placed at different locations of the city.

With only three out of 34 PSL matches to be played at the venue, the fans’ desperate pursuit for tickets is another theme of cricket coming back to Multan

The PCB officials and local administration are under immense pressure due to the demand for tickets and hence it can be safely said that stands at the Multan Cricket Stadium are going to be filled to their capacity on matchdays.

The stadium, which was inaugurated has hosted high-profile international teams in the past. Pakistan have played the likes of West Indies, India and South Africa at the venue which is termed as the most beautiful in the country. Bangladesh were the last international side to visit in 2008.

Another special feature of the stadium is the proximity of the stands to the playing field, which provides fans the chance to experience cricket up close.

“People are hungry to watch cricket here,” Khurram, a former first-class cricketer from Multan told Dawn. However, he believed Multan should have been given at least five matches.

For Sanaullah, an avid cricket fan, it hasn’t been possible to manage a ticket costing Rs500 despite visiting several of the ticket purchase centres designated by the PCB.

Despite the difficulties, fans are hopeful Multan Sultans will put up a good show against Zalmi, Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators at home.

“God willing, Multan Sultans will be victorious in all three home matches,” an excited fan Rana Anjum said.

The Inzamam-ul-Haq, Fazal Mahmood, Imran Khan and Zaheer Abbas enclosures have seating facility, the remaining Wasim Akram, Ellahi Brothers and Mushtaq Ahmad Enclosures still need installation proper seats.

Unlike, Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi, the people of Multan are not facing much difficulty due to heavy security arrangements since the venue is located in the outskirts of the city.

 

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PSL V: Peshawar Zalmi set 124-run target for Multan Sultans after losing early wickets

February 26, 2020

Multan Sultan captain Shan Masood and Peshawar Zalmi captain Darren Sammy at the Multan Stadium. — Peshawar Zalmi Twitter

A win for either team in today's match will take them atop the fledgling PSL standings. — Photo courtesy @PCB


Peshawar Zalmi have set a target of 124 runs for Multan Sultans as the city of saints hosts its first-ever Pakistan Super League (PSL) match.

Though Haider Ali looked in impressive form, making 47 runs off 27 balls, he couldn't find a steady partner in the batting lineup as wickets kept falling at the other end.

With the Zalmis failing to build momentum at any stage in the innings, the 2017 PSL winners were all out for 123, with nine balls to spare.

Tom Banton was an early casualty after a superb catch by Shahid Afridi in the middle of the first over, scoring only four runs from five balls.

Zalmi's golden boy Kamran Akmal was also sent back to the pavilion in the third over after being caught out by James Vince off Sohail Tanveer.


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Shoaib Malik and Liam Livingstone were sent packing at the start of the fifth over by excellent bowling from Mohammad Ilyas.

Tanvir returned to dismiss Haider Ali, caught by Rilee Rossouw in the 11th over, and Hasan Ali, caught by Ilyas in the 17th over.

Earlier, the Sultans had won the toss and invited Zalmi to bat first as the PSL resumed after a two-day break at Multan Stadium.


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Shan Masood has won the toss and @MultanSultans will be fielding first. Both teams playing unchanged XIs from their last match.#MSvPZ #HBLPSLV


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A win for either team in today's match will take them atop the fledgling PSL standings, tied on four points with Islamabad United and holders Quetta Gladiators.

Multan opened the fifth PSL season with a victory against the Qalandars but suffered an eight-wicket thrashing from United in their second game.

Zalmi came into the game on the back of a morale-boosting six-wicket triumph over the Gladiators after losing their opener to the Kings. Kamran Akmal has been their standout performer so far, scoring a century against the Gladiators to help his side grab their first points of the season.

Teams:

MULTAN SULTANS:

Shan Masood (captain), James Vince, Moeen Ali, Rilee Rossouw, Zeeshan Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Irfan, Imran Tahir, Sohail Tanvir, Ilyas Khan, Bilawal Bhatti, Ravi Bopara, Usman Qadir, Rohail Nazir.

PESHAWAR ZALMI:

Darren Sammy (captain), Kamran Akmal, Haider Ali, Shoaib Malik, Tom Banton, Wahab Riaz, Liam Livingstone, Hasan Ali, Amir Khan, Mohammad Mohsin, Rahat Ali, Liam Dawson., Umar Amin, Imam-ul-Haq.