All you need to know about the 5th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) which will be played in Pakistan entirely this time around from February 22 to March 22, 2020, live streaming.
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Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020: Preview, Match Schedule, Team Squads, and Tournament Predictions
All you need to know about the 5th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) which will be played in Pakistan entirely this time around from February 22 to March 22, 2020, live streaming.
After playing a chunk of the PSL in Pakistan in the last couple of seasons, the management of the league has finally been able to convince all stakeholders to conduct the entire tournament in Pakistan this year.
This will not only mean a lot of excitement among the fans and the Pakistani players getting to play in front of their home crowd but also means more buzz around the league, more people in the stadiums and increased revenue.
The league initially began with five teams in 2016 when Islamabad United has crowned the champions of the inaugural edition. The United repeated their feat with another title win in 2018 when Multan Sultan came into being.
Peshawar Zalmi has ended as runners-up in the last two editions of the league and would be strong contenders for the title this season.
The teams along with their captains are as follows:
Islamabad United - Shadab Khan
Quetta Gladiators - Sarfaraz Ahmed
Peshawar Zalmi - Darren Sammy
Lahore Qalandars - Sohail Akhtar
Karachi Kings - Imad Wasim
Multan Sultans - Shan Masood
The league follows the double round-robin format with each team playing the other five teams twice each in the league stage. Following the group, the stage is the standard playoff format in which the teams ending first and second get to clash in the Qualifier, while the winner moves straight to the final.
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The losing team gets another chance to have a go at the final berth in Eliminator 2, where they clash against the winner of the Eliminator 1. The team losing the Eliminator 1 is knocked out of the tournament.
The Qualifier will be played on March 17 in Karachi. Eliminator 1, Eliminator 2 and the Final will take place in Lahore on March 18, 20 and 22 respectively.
During the Player Replacement Draft that took place recently, Lewis Gregory, Carlos Brathwaite, Wayne Madsen, Dane Vilas, Dawid Malan, and Zahid Mehmood have been added while Lendl Simmons, Dwaine Pretorius, and Rassie van der Dussen will miss the entire tournament.
Tournament Predictions
Winner - Peshawar Zalmi
Runners-up - Quetta Gladiators
Top Run Scorer - Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
Top Wicket Taker - Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)
Most Sixes - Asif Ali (Islamabad United)
Here are the squads of all teams:
Quetta Gladiators
Mohammad Nawaz
Sarfaraz Ahmed
Shane Watson
Ahmed Shehzad
Umar Akmal
Mohammad Hasnain
Ahsan Ali, Naseem Shah
Jason Roy
Ben Cutting
Sohail Khan
Tymal Mills
Abdul Nasir
Arish Ali Khan
Azam Khan
Keemo Paul (from March 7)
Khurram Manzoor
Zahid Mehmood (until March 7)
Multan Sultans:
Mohammad Irfan
Shahid Afridi
James Vince
Junaid Khan
Ali Shafiq
Shan Masood
Mohammad Ilyas
Moeen Ali
Rilee Rossouw
Zeeshan Ashraf
Ravi Bopara
Sohail Tanvir
Khushdil Shah
Usman Qadir
Fabian Allen (from March 7)
Rohail Nazir
Imran Tahir
Bilawal Bhatti
Wayne Madsen (until March 7)
Islamabad United:
Shadab Khan
Faheem Ashraf
Asif Ali
Luke Ronchi
Hussain Talat
Amad Butt
Musa Khan
Rizwan Hussain
Dale Steyn
Colin Ingram
Colin Munro
Rumman Raees
Phil Salt
Zafar Gohar
Akif Javed
Ahmed Safi Abdullah
Saif Badar
Dawid Malan
Peshawar Zalmi:
Hasan Ali
Kieron Pollard (from March 7)
Wahab Riaz
Kamran Akmal
Darren Sammy
Imam-ul-Haq
Umar Amin
Tom Banton
Shoaib Malik
Liam Dawson
Mohammad Mohsin
Rahat Ali
Adil Amin
Amir Khan
Aamir Ali
Liam Livingstone
Haider Ali Khan
Lewis Gregory
Carlos Brathwaite (until March 7)
Karachi Kings:
Babar Azam
Mohammad Amir
Imad Wasim
Iftikhar Ahmed
Aamir Yamin
Usama Mir
Umer Khan
Alex Hales
Chris Jordan
Sharjeel Khan
Fawad Ahmed
Cameron Delport
Mohammad Rizwan
Umaid Asif
Ali Khan
Arshad Iqbal
Awais Zia
Mitch McClenaghan
Chadwick Walton
Lahore Qalandars:
Fakhar Zaman
Mohammad Hafeez
Shaheen Shah Afridi
David Wiese
Usman Shinwari
Haris Rauf
Sohail Akhtar
Salman Butt
Chris Lynn
Samit Patel
Seekkuge Prasanna
Ben Dunk
Farzan Raja
Jaahid Ali
Mohammad Faizan
Dilbar Hussain
Dane Vilas
Here's the complete schedule of the tournament:
Pakistan Super League 2020 - Live Cricket Streaming PSL 2020 Match Fixture Schedule and Timings
20 Feb – Opening ceremony to be followed by star Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United, National Stadium (2 pm GMT/7 pm local)
21 Feb – Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi, National Stadium (9 am GMT/2 pm local)
Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (2pm GMT/7pm local)
22 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi, National Stadium (9 am GMT/2pm local)
Islamabad United v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium (2pm GMT/7pm local)
23 Feb – Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators, National Stadium (9 am GMT/2pm local)
Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United, Gaddafi Stadium (2 pm GMT/7 pm local)
26 Feb – Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi, Multan Cricket Stadium (2 pm GMT/7 pm local)
27 Feb – Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators, Pindi Cricket Stadium (2 pm GMT/7 pm local)
28 Feb – Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings, Multan Cricket Stadium (9 am GMT/2 pm local)
