PSL Matches 2021 | Pakistan Super League 6 Details & Schedule

The PSL Means Pakistan Super League. It is professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year. It contested by six teams representing six cities in Pakistan. The league was found on 9 September 2015 with five teams and now comprises six teams. In this page we talk about PSL Matches 2021 | Pakistan Super League 6 Details & Schedule.

PSL Matches 2021

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PSL/Pakistan Super League:

PSL/Pakistan Super League

The PSL’s Matches official logo was launch on 20 September 2015 in ceremony in Lahore. It was reveal by 3Di. The ceremony was attend by current and retire cricketers as well as celebrities. The commercial rights to initial franchises were sold for US$93 million for span of 10 years in December 2015. The market value of PSL Matches in 2017 was up to US$300 million according to Arif Habib. It has grown significantly in years since.

The Pakistan Super League is professional Twenty20 cricket league contested. During February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities in Pakistan. The league founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams and now comprises six teams. Instead of operating as association of independently own teams.

League is single entity in which each franchise is own and control by investors. From 2021, The PSL will have an exclusive window in ICC Future Tours Program. Each team playing matches in double round robin format; top four teams with best record qualify for playoffs and culminates in championship game, PSL Cup Final. The league is base in Pakistan Cricket Board office in Lahore.

In September 2015, Pakistan Cricket Board officially announce launch of PSL Matches. Former Pakistani national team captains Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja sign up to promote PSL Matches. They also become brand ambassadors of league for three years. After several years it began on 4 February 2016 in United Arab Emirates where Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari inaugurated opening ceremony. In its first season PSL Matches had higher percentage of international players.

Teams and squads:

On 9 January 2021, PCB announced retention players list. Here we given below:

Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Shadab Khan Imad Waseem Sohail Akhtar Muhammad Rizwan Wahab Riaz Sarfraz Ahmed
Alex Hales Babar Azam Muhammad Hafeez Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Ben Cutting
Colin Munro Muhammad Amir  Shaheen Afridi Rille Rosouw Kamran Akmal Muhammad Husnain
Faheem Ashraf Colin Ingram Fakhar Zaman Sohail Tanveer Liam Livingstone Muhammad Nawaz
Hussain Talat Ameer yasmin David wiese Imran Tahir Haider Ali Azam Khan
Asif Ali Sharjeel Khan Haris Rauf Khushdil Shah David Miller Naseem Shah
Muhammad Musa Waqas Maqsood Ben Dunk James vince Mujeeb Ur Rehman Zahid Mehmood
Zafar Gohar Arshad Iqbal Dilbar Hussain  Usman Qadir Sherfane Rutherford Anwar Ali
Hassan Ali Muhammad Nabi Rashid Khan Chriss Laynn Ahmed Butt Chriss Gayle
Lewis Gregory Dan Christian Semit Patel Sohail Khan Umaid Asid Tom Benton
Phil Salt Chadwick Walton Tom Abell Sohaib Maqsood Saqib Mehmood Usman Shenwari
Rohail Nazir Joe Clarke Zeeshan Ashraf Muhammad Umar Imam-ul-Haq Cameron Delport
Reece Topley Danish Aziz Agha Salman Sohaib Ullah Muhammad Imran Qais Ahmed 
Iftikhar Ahmed Muhammad Ilyas Muhammad Faizan Adam Lyth Muhammad Irfan Abdul Nasir
Muhammad Waseem Zeeshan Malik Maaz Khan Shanawaz Dhani Ibrar Ahmed Saim Ayub
Ahmed Safi Abdullah Qasim Akram  Muhammad Zaid Shan Masood Muhammad Imran Arish Ali Khan
Kris Jorden Noor Ahmed Joe Denly Imran Khan Ravi Bopara Dale Steyn
Akif Jawed Abbas Afridi Ahmed Daniyal Carlos Brathwate Muhammad Amir Khan Usman Khan
Fawad Ahmed Tom Kohler-Cadmore Faf du Plessis
Paul Stirling Waqar Salamkheil Hassan Khan
Ali Khan
Zeeshan Zameer

The players draft took place on 10 January 2021 in Lahore. On 15 February 2021, Mohammad Rizwan replaced Shan Masood as captain of Multan Sultans.

PSL Squads 2021:

PSL Squads 2021

PSL Venue 2021:

PSL Venue 2021

In June 2020, Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they plan to add Arbab Niaz Stadium. Peshawar as fifth venue in this edition of PSL Matches. However, delays in construction of stadium may make it difficult to host matches of the tournament. PCB also planned to hold few matches in Faisalabad and Hyderabad as well. Stadium in Hayatabad was also announce as possible venue for some matches.

In September 2020, PCB confirm that both Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar and Bugti Stadium in Quetta. It would be unable to host this season’s matches. However, it was later decide that tournament will be held at only Karachi and Lahore. 

Lahore:

Gaddafi Stadium

Karachi:

National Stadium

PSL Matches Schedule 2021:

PSL Matches Schedule 2021

Umpires:

  • Faisal Afridi
  • Aleem Dar
  • Michael Gough
  • Zameer Haider
  • Richard Illingworth
  • Imran Javed
  • Ahsan Raza
  • Shozab Raza
  • Rashid Riaz
  • Asif Yaqoob

Referees:

  • Iftikhar Ahmed
  • Mohammed Anees
  • Muhammad Javed
  • Roshan Mahanama
  • Ali Naqvi

Commentators:

  • Sikander Bakht
  • Dominic Cork
  • Simon Doull
  • JP Duminy
  • David Gower
  • Bazid Khan
  • Pommie Mbangwa
  • Sana Mir
  • Danny Morrison
  • Urooj Mumtaz
  • Rameez Raja
  • Tariq Saeed
  • Alan Wilkins

Presenters:

  • Zainab Abbas

opening ceremony 2021:

opening ceremony 2021

The Pakistan Super League on Friday announced schedule for “biggest party in Pakistan” set to take place tomorrow in Karachi. Referring to opening ceremony of PSL Matches sixth edition, post said glittering event will begin at 6:45pm on Saturday.

The venue announced earlier by Pakistan Cricket Board as National Stadium. The first four ceremonies were held at Dubai International Stadium. While 2020 opening ceremony was staged at National Stadium Karachi and same venue will play host to 2021 ceremony.

The stars to perform will include Atif Aslam, who will make his PSL Matches opening ceremony debut. While rapper Imran Khan and model Humaima Malik will be present alongside PSL Matches 2021. The anthem stars Naseebo Lal, Aima Baig and Young Stunners. The first match between Karachi Kings and Quetta Gladiators will begin right after ceremony at 8pm.

PSL Matches List 2021:

1st T20 | Feb 20, Sat
  • Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
2nd T20 | Feb 21, Sun
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • 2pm Local | 9am GMT | 4am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Lahore Qalandars won by 4 wickets
3rd T20 | Feb 21, Sun
  • Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Islamabad United won by 3 wickets
4th T20 | Feb 22, Mon
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Lahore Qalandars won by 9 wickets
5th T20 | Feb 23, Tue
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets
6th T20 | Feb 24, Wed
  • Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Islamabad United won by 5 wickets
7th T20 | Feb 26, Fri
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans
  • 3pm Local | 10am GMT | 5am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Multan Sultans won by 7 wickets
8th T20 | Feb 26, Fri
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 8pm Local | 3pm GMT | 10am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Peshawar Zalmi won by 3 wickets
9th T20 | Feb 27, Sat
  • Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans
  • 2pm Local | 9am GMT | 4am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Karachi Kings won by 7 wickets
10th T20 | Feb 27, Sat
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Peshawar Zalmi won by 6 wickets
11th T20 | Feb 28, Sun
  • Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  •  Lahore Qalandars won by 6 wickets
12th T20 | Mar 01, Mon
  • Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Islamabad United won by 6 wickets
13th T20 | Mar 03, Wed
  • Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • 2pm Local | 9am GMT | 4am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Karachi Kings won by 6 wickets
14th T20 | Mar 03, Wed
  • Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans
  • 7pm Local | 2pm GMT | 9am EST
  • National Stadium Karachi
  • Quetta Gladiators won by 22 runs
15th T20 | June 09, Tue
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Lahore Qalandars won by 5 Wickets
16th T20 | June 10, Wed
  • Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans won by 12 Runs
17th T20 | June 10, Thur
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pmEST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Lahore Qalandars Won by 10 Runs
18th T20 | June 11, Fri
  • Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Islamabad United Won by 10 Wickets
19th T20 | June 12, Sat
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Peshawar Zalmi Won by 61 Runs
20th T20 | June 13, Sun
  • Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Islamabad United Won by 28 Runs
21st T20 | June 13, Sun
  • Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pm EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans Won by 8 Wickets
22nd T20 | June 14, Mon
  • Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Islamabad United Won by 8 Wickets
23rd T20 | June 15, Tue
  • Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Quetta Gladiators Won by 18 Runs
24th T20 | June 15, Tue
  • Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pm EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Peshawar Zalmi Won by 6 Wickets
25th T20 | June 16, Wed
  • Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans Won by 110 Runs
26th T20 | June 17, Thur
  •  Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Islamabad United Won by 15 Runs
27th T20 | June 17, Thur
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pm EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Karachi Kings Won by 7 Runs
28th T20 | June 18, Fri
  • Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans Won by 80 Runs
29th T20 | June 19, Sat
  • Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Karachi Kings Won by 14 Runs
30th T20 | June 19, Sat
  • Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pm EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Islamabad United Won by 4 Wickets
Qualifier | June 21, Mon
  • Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans
  • 6pm Local | 1pmGMT | 8am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans Won by 31 Runs
Eliminator 1 | June 21, Mon
  •  Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings
  • 11pm Local | 6pm GMT | 1pm EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Peshawar Zalmi Won by 5 Wickets
Eliminator 2 | June 22, Tue
  • Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Peshawar Zalmi Won by 8 Wickets
Final | June 24, Thur
  • Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi 
  • 9pm Local | 4pm GMT | 11am EST
  • Sheikh Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi UAE
  • Multan Sultans Won by 47 Runs

The Final Match of PSL 6, of 2021 won Multan Sultan by 47 Runs.

The Final Match of PSL 6, of 2021 won Multan Sultan by 47 Runs.

HBL PSL Teams:

There are six HBL PSL Teams:

PESHAWAR ZALMI

PESHAWAR ZALMI

QUETTA GLADIATORS

QUETTA GLADIATORS

ISLAMABAD UNITED

ISLAMABAD UNITED

KARACHI KINGS

KARACHI KINGS

LAHORE QALANDARS

LAHORE QALANDARS

MULTAN SULTANS

MULTAN SULTANS

Chance For Young Talent To Shine:

Given fact that PSL 2021 is being played in Pakistan, popular cities like Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, and Multan. They are gearing up to celebrate cricket festivities and support their home franchise. PSL 6 will feature total of six local franchises with total of 112 players. With ten nationalities playing together to entertain Pakistani cricket fans. Here is breakdown of number of games that will be played at each venue.

The PSL has also help Pakistan in producing some of best young cricket talents. The national team had been looking for. Local players have been given platform to rub shoulders with as well as pick. The brains of some of the best players currently in international cricket.

PSL 6 was suppose to feature two new venues, Bugti Stadium and Arbab Niaz Stadium. Thats from Quetta and Peshawar respectively this year. However, due to pandemic and safety issues, two popular cities will not be hosting any matches this year.

Conclusion:

The PSL Means Pakistan Super League. It is professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year. It contested by six teams representing six cities in Pakistan. The PSL’s Matches official logo was launch on 20 September 2015 in ceremony in Lahore. The Pakistan Super League is professional Twenty20 cricket league contested.

FAQs:

What means PSL?
The PSL Means Pakistan Super League.
Is PSL making money?
Yes! In 2017, market price of PSL was up to $300 million. And after inaugural edition of HBL PSL, PCB officially announce that it earn profits of $2.6 million.
When PSL 2021 is starting?
PSL 2021 is starting from 20 February 2021 on Saturday.

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