The Pakistan Super League (PSL) (Urdu: پاکستان سپر لیگ) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in Pakistan composed of 5 member clubs. Headquartered in Lahore, the PSL is considered to become the premier professional cricket league in Pakistan. The First season of league is composed of 5 teams and the PSL regular season runs through the month of February, with each team playing 8 games; the top 4 teams with the best record will qualify for the post season (or playoffs), culminating in the championship game, the PSL Cup. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the PSL is a single entity in which each team (or franchise) is owned and controlled by the league's investors; the investor-operators control their teams as owners. The early commercial rights of franchises were sold for Rs 985 Crores ($93 million) for a span of 10 years in December 2015. The inaugural season of the tournament will be held in the United Arab Emirates from 4 February 2016 to 23 February 2016.
Establishment
In September 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board officially announced the launch of the Pakistan Super League. Former captains Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja signed up to become brand ambassadors of the PSL for the next three years. After several years of planning, the league officially began on 4 February 2016, in the United Arab Emirates, after the suspension of operations of its predecessor organization, the Haier T20 League. The PSL immediately took the place as one of the leagues that contested for the annual T20 cup. The PSL includes teams (all based in Pakistan) and, through a series of expansions over the next several seasons, will expand to a 10 teams league with two conferences. The league draws many highly skilled players from all over the world and currently has players from approximately 11 different countries. Pakistanis have historically constituted the majority of the players in the Haier T20 League - in the PSL however there is a higher percentage of Asian and European players. The league uses the draft system for player recruitment, similar to that of the National Football League in the United States, as opposed to the "auction" used in other T20 leagues. The PSL's official logo and anthem of the first season were launched on 20 September 2015 in a launching ceremony in Lahore. The anthem, Ab Khel Ke Dikha, was sung by Ali Zafar and the PSL logo was revealed by 3Di.[1] The ceremony was attended by current and retired cricketers, as well as Pakistani celebrities.
Format
The PSL will be played in a double round-robin format. Every team will play each other twice and the top 4 will qualify for the PSL playoffs. The top 2 teams will play the first qualifier while the loser of the qualifier and winner of the eliminator will meet in Qualifier 2. The final will be between winners of Qualifier 1 and Qualifier 2.
Rules and regulations
The PSL follows rules and regulations dictated by the ICC. Points in the group stage are awarded as follows:
Points
Result Points
Win 2 Points
No Result 1 Point
Loss 0 Points
In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a super over will determine the winner, even in the group stage.[2] In the group stage, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:[3]
Higher number of points
If equal, higher number of wins
If still equal, net run rate
If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
If still equal, result of head to head meeting.
Ambassadors
Pakistan Rameez Raja
Pakistan Wasim Akram
Teams
Pakistan Super League is located in Pakistan KingsKings QalandarsQalandars GladiatorsGladiators ZalmiZalmi UnitedUnited
Location of PSL clubs
According to PCB press release around 20 parties shown interest in buying franchises.[4] On 18 October 2015 PCB offered tenders for bidding the franchises. According to statement by PCB, the bid winners will be granted right of each franchise for a term of 10 years.[5] The interested parties had to apply for bidding before 15 November.[6] According to a press release, the interested bidding parties include ARY Media Group, Omar Associates, Arif Habib Group, Haier, Mobilink as well as two foreign groups including Leonine Global Sports and Qatar Lubricants Company (QALCO).[7]
All the 5 franchises for the PSL were sold on 3 December 2015. Several companies bought the bidding documents, but only seven presented formal proposals, which also included companies from the Middle East.[8]
Team City Owner Price Ten Year Agreement Captain Head Coach
Islamabad United Islamabad, Capital Territory Leonine Global Sports
(Ali Naqvi) US$1.5 million US$15 Million Misbah-ul-Haq Dean Jones
Karachi Kings Karachi, Sindh ARY Media Group
(Salman Iqbal, CEO) US$2.6 million US$26 Million Shoaib Malik Mickey Arthur
Lahore Qalandars Lahore, Punjab Qatar Lubricants Company Limited
(Fawad Rana, MD) US$2.5 million US$25 Million Azhar Ali Paddy Upton
Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar, Khyber Pakthunkhwa Haier Pakistan
(Javed Afridi, CEO) US$1.6 million US$16 Million Shahid Afridi Mohammad Akram
Quetta Gladiators Quetta, Balochistan Omar Associates
(Nadeem Omar, Director) US$1.1 million US$11 Million Sarfraz Ahmed Moin Khan
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