PSL 2022 to commence on January 27 in Karachi, final in Lahore on February 27

2021 champions Multan Sultans will play Karachi Kings in the tournament opener.

Published - 03 Dec 2021, 21:08 IST | Updated - 03 Dec 2021, 21:08 IST

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The seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League will commence on 27th January, with the defending champions Multan Sultans taking on Karachi Kings in the opener, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed.

The first 15 fixtures of the tournament from January 27 to February 7 will be played at Karachi’s National Stadium before the action moves to Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, the venue for the next 15 league games, and the four playoffs.

The PCB also confirmed that the players draft for the upcoming season will be held on December 12 in Lahore, while each of the six teams have time until December 10 to retain a maximum of eight players from the previous edition.

Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick in all four – Platinum, Diamond, Gold and Emerging – categories. Qalandars will be followed by Multan Sultans, Karachi Kings, Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators in the Platinum category, while they will be followed by Peshawar Zalmi, Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators, Karachi Kings and Multan Sultans in the Diamond category.

Peshawar Zalmi will have the first pick in the Silver Category, Lahore Qalandars will have the first pick in Emerging Category and Quetta Gladiators will have the first pick in Supplementary Category.

“I am delighted that the HBL PSL 7 schedule has been announced, PCB chairman Ramiz Raja was quoted by cricketpaksitan.com. “This will now get the ball rolling with the teams to start planning and finalising their line-ups and the PCB increasing the pace of the operational delivery to ensure they provide quality playing facilities for the players as well as five-star experience to the fans and our valued commercial partners.

“The HBL PSL 7 will also kick start what will be a bumper year for Pakistan cricket with the Australia men’s cricket team to play a full series in March-April with England men’s cricket side to tour Pakistan twice for white-ball and red-ball cricket,” he added.