Pakistan Super League 2023
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Updated: 21 December 2022

PSL(Pakistan Super League) 2023: Teams, Venue, Format, Schedule, Broadcasters, And All You Need To Know. PSL, also known as Pakistan Super League, is a T20 cricket league started in 2016 by the Pakistan cricket board. The 8th edition of this t20 cricket tournament will take place from 15th February 2023- 31st March 2023. Pakistan will host all the matches of PSL in their different stadiums across the country. The tournament initially started with 5 teams, and later in 2018, Multan Sultans joined the league to make it a 6 team format.

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PSL 2023 Team List & Captains

The Pakistan Cricket League comprises 6 teams who fight with each other to lift the trophy. The names of teams that participate in PSL 2023 are as follows:

Islamabad United- Captain- Shadab Khan

Karachi Kings- Captain- Imad Wasim

Lahore Qalandars- Captain- Shaheen Shah Afridi

Peshawar Zalmi-Captain- Babar Azam

Quetta Gladiators-  Captain-Sarfaraz Ahmad

Multan Sultans- Captain- Mohammad Rizwan

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PSL 2023 VENUE AND FORMAT

Pakistan Super League 8th edition will be on the same lines as the previous one. Each team will play 2 matches in the double-robin round format. Including semi-finals and finals total of 34 games will take place. Given below are the venue details of PSL 2023:

Karachi- National Stadium

Lahore- Gadaffi Stadium

Multan- Multan cricket stadium

Rawalpindi- Rawalpindi cricket stadium

PSL 2023 SCHEDULE

PSL 2023 is yet to be released officially by the PCB. But, as per reports, the inaugural match will take place on 15th February 2023, and the final will be held on 19th March. We will update you with the exact PSL 2023 schedule as soon as it is released. You can have a look at a few key inputs regarding match timings:

  • Opening Ceremony: 6:00 PM
  • Opening Match: 7:00 PM
  • Friday Double Matches: 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM
  • Other Days Double Matches: 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM
  • Single Matches: 7:00 PM

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PSL 2023 BROADCASTING CHANNELS

For Indian fans who are avid PSL lovers, you can watch the matches on Sony Sports networks. This includes both tv channels and their OTT platform Sony Liv. Apart from this, there are a lot of global partners who stream PSL matches in their country, whose list is mentioned below:

RegionBroadcasting Channels
PakistanPTV Sports, Geo Super
Indian Sub-Continent (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan)Sony Sports Network
MaldivesAstro SuperSport, Sony Sports Network
AfghanistanLemar TV
Brunei, MalaysiaAstro SuperSport
AustraliabeIN SPORTS network, Tapmad TV
New ZealandSky Sport NZ
CanadaWillow TV
United States of AmericaWillow TV
CaribbeanFlow Sports
United Arab EmirateseLife TV
United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) and IrelandSky Sports
QatarVodafone Sports
Southeast AsiaTapmad TV
 Middle East and North AfricaTapmad TV
 Sub-Saharan AfricaSuperSport
 South AmericaTapmad TV
EuropeTapmad TV

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PSL Winners & Runners-up List From 2016-2022

Islamabad United has won the PSL most times(2). The winners of PSL 2022 were Lahore Qalandars, who defeated Multan Sultans. Refer to the list below, which includes the winners and runner-ups of all PSL seasons to date:

SeasonWinner TeamRunners Up Team
2016Islamabad UnitedQuetta Gladiators
2017Peshawar ZalmiQuetta Gladiators
2018Islamabad UnitedPeshawar Zalmi
2019Quetta GladiatorsPeshawar Zalmi
2020Karachi KingsLahore Qalandars
2021Multan SultansPeshawar Zalmi
2022Lahore QalandarsMultan Sultans

Latest News About PSL 2023

PSL draft 2023 took place on 15th December in Karachi. Around 500 cricketers participated in this draft.