PSL 2018: All you need to know - Squads, Schedule, Broadcast and Live Streaming

Amidst all the chaos going on in the country, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been a breath of fresh air for the fans and the cricketers. It managed to bring back cricketing action in Pakistan and also managed to invoke a lot of spirits, who lost interest in the gentleman’s game. After the first season was completely restricted to UAE due to security reasons, the second managed to break all the barriers and the final was hosted by Lahore.

This time around, the number of matches to be played in Pakistan has gone up. The double round-robin League matches will be conducted in Sharjah, Dubai, and UAE, and all the playoff games will be hosted at home. Much to the delight of the fans, Karachi will be hosting a big match for the first time in almost a decade. ICC has been permitting only Lahore to host any big cricketing events, but the National Stadium, Karachi earned a huge boost as it’ll be hosting the coveted final of the tournament.

Franchise from the capital of the country, Islamabad United was the inaugural champion of the league. In the second season, Peshawar Zalmi displayed great courage and spirit to lift the title. This time around, all the franchises have made decent alterations to their squads and it’ll be hard to pinpoint one favourite.

Tournament Format

All the teams will be facing off against each other twice in home and away fixtures. The teams that finish in the top two positions after the league stage will play the Qualifier and the winner will go directly into the final. The teams finishing third and fourth will be playing the first Eliminator and the loser of this game will bid adieu to the tournament. The loser in the Qualifier and the winner of the first Eliminator will face off in the second Eliminator and the winning team will take the other spot in the final. The final will be played on 25th March in Karachi.

Telecast in Pakistan – PTV Sports, Ten Sports, Geo Super

Telecast in India – DSport

Live Streaming – psl-t20.com

Squads

Lahore Qalandars: Brendon McCullum (captain), Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan, Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rehman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar, Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.

Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (captain), Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Shahid Afridi, Colin Ingram, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jr, Hasan Mohsin, Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash.

Islamabad United: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Rumman Raees, Shadab Khan, , Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali,  JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat, Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain

Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Shane Watson, Carlos Brathwaite, Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja Jr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan, Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Moin Khan (jr.), Faraz Ahmed

Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Sameen Gul, Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Khalid Usman, Muhammad Arif

Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (captain), Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nicholas Pooran, Abdullah Shafique, Saif Badar, Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley

Schedule