Pakistan Super League Teams, Squads and Foreign Players
Posted by ABDUL HADI
Pakistan Super League (PSL) is the first ever professional T20 cricket league in Pakistan. In the first edition of PSL, five cities as a member clubs are representing in PSL. The headquarter of the PSL is in Lahore. The Pakistan Cricket Board has now decided to hold the T20 cricket league at the name of PSL every year. It will replace the existing Haier T20 Cup. The first edition of PSL will be played in Dubai and Sharjah in UAE instead of Doha, Qatar that was previously announced venue. The matches in Dubai will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium and the matches in Sharjah will be played at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan Super League Venue:
The first edition of HBL PSL will be played in in Dubai and Sharjah
Pakistan Super League Date:
The first edition of PSL will take place from 4-23 February, 2016.
Pakistan Super League Teams:
Franchise owners on board. Let’s get the party started folks! #PSLt20 #AbKhelKeDikha pic.twitter.com/cEErcZQfg2
— PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 3, 2015
There are five teams in first edition of the PSL. There are actually five member clubs that are representing the five cities of Pakistan. These are:- Islamabad Vipers – purchased by Leonine Global Karachi Super Stars – purchased by Salman Iqbal (ARY) Lahore Warriors – purchased by QALCO Peshawar Ranger – purchased by Javed Afridi (Haier) Quetta Smashers – purchased by Omar Associates
Pakistan Super League Squads
The squads for PSL is not announced yet. It is tweeted at the official account of PSL that no final list of Pak players has been released by the PSL office. PSL disregard all rumors circulating on the matter. Here is the tweet:
This is to confirm that no final list of Pak players has been released by the PSL office. Pls disregard all rumors circulating on the matter — PakistanSuperLeague (@thePSLt20) December 2, 2015
Pakistan Super League Foreign Players
So far, following international players have shown their interest for PSL
Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakarantne Dilshan, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kerion Pollard, Andre Russel, Marlon Samuels, Sunil Narine, Dwayane Bravo, Jason Holder, Tino Bestm Densed Ramdin
New Zealand: Jesse Ryder, James Franklin, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott
England: James Taylor, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Luke Wright, Michael Carberry, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen
South Africa: Jacques Kallis, Richard Levi, Johan Botha, Robin Peterson
Australia: Shaun Tait, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, James Faulkner, Brad Hodge
Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor, Hamilton Masakadza, Elton Chigumbura, Chamunorwa Chibhabha
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