Pakistan Super League (PSL)
As an attempt to improve the cricket of Pakistan, the cricket board of Pakistan has organized a sophisticated home cricket league named as Pakistan Super League (PSL). After the great success of IPL there had been a lot of post success Cricket Leagues which includes Bangladesh Premier League, Caribbean Premier League and the one which is about to happen in February is Pakistan Super League organized by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
The league in its initial phase also includes Iconic Foreign players as well as the great domestic player and the emerging talent of Pakistani players.
The PCB has ambitious plans to expand the league in the fourth season to eight teams with a 59-match tournament. these will be played in Lahore, Karachi. Here’s the official PSL teams list for the 2016 inaugural season.
The official teams include 4 provincial teams & one federal team (Islamabad) that are set to take part in the inaugural season.
Karachi Kings
Platinum Shoaib Malik (first pick), Shakib Al Hasan, Sohail Tanvir
Diamond Imad Wasim, Ravi Bopara, Lendl Simmons
Emerging Mir Hamza, Saifullah Bangash
Supplementary Tillakaratne Dilshan, Shahzaib Hasan, Fawad Alam
Lahore Qalanders
Platinum Chris Gayle (first pick), Dwayne Bravo, Umar Akmal
Diamond Mohammad Rizwan, Yasir Shah, Sohaib Maqsood
Silver Zafar Gohar, Hammad Azam, Zia ul Haq, Zohaib Khan, Azhar Ali
Emerging Naved Yasin, Adnan Rasool
Peshawar Zalmi
Platinum Shahid Afridi (first pick), Wahab Riaz, Darren Sammy
Diamond Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan
Gold Tamim Iqbal, Junaid Khan, Jim Allenby
Emerging Musadiq Ahmed Ali, Hasan Ali
Supplementary Mohammad Asghar, Brad Hodge, Israrullah, Taj Wali
Islamabad United
Platinum Shane Watson (first pick), Andre Russell, Misbah-ul-Haq (Capt)
Diamond Samuel Badree, Mohammad Irfan, Brad Haddin
Silver Babar Azam, Imran Khalid, Kamran Ghulam, Umar Amin, Sam Billings
Emerging Rumman Raees, Amad Butt
Supplementary Ashar Zaidi, Saeed Ajmal, Hussain Talat, Umar Siddiq
Quetta GladiatorsPlatinum Kevin Pietersen (first pick), Sarfraz Ahmed, Ahmed Shehzad
Diamond Anwar Ali, Jason Holder, Luke Wright
Silver Bilal Asif, Asad Shafiq, Mohammad Nawaz, Saad Nasim, Mohammad Nabi
Emerging Akbar-ur-Rehman, Bismillah Khan
Supplementary Kumar Sangakkara, Aizaz Cheema, Rameez Raja jnr
PSL Franchises and Owners:
Qatar Oil purchased Lahore for $2.4 million
Leonine Global Sports purchased Islamabad for $1.5 million
Haier purchased Peshawar for $1.6 million
Omar Associates purchased Quetta for $1.1 million
The league chairman Najam Sethi announced on 20 April 2016 that discussions had taken place with the Emirates Cricket Board to agree a "tentative" date for the 2017 Pakistan Super League in the UAE in February 2017. The possibility of adding a sixth team to the league in 2017,possibly in Kashmir, was also under discussion[14] but was rejected by the middle of May 2016.
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