The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is in its 11 edition. The league was founded in 2015 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The first edition was played in 2016, and Islamabad United won the inaugural edition. Instead of operating as an association of independently owned teams, the league is a single entity in which each franchise is owned and controlled by investors. PSL 2026 will begin on March 26 with the final on May 3.
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PSL 2026 Captains & Teams
The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL 2026) has expanded to eight teams from six in the last edition. Apart from the original six teams, the two new additions are Hyderabad Kingsmen and Pindiz. At the PSL team auction, Sialkot Stallionz became the seventh team. However, OZ Developers, who won the bid for Sialkot, sold the team to CD Ventures. The new owners, instead, opted to bid for Multan Sultans and relocated the franchise from Sialkot to Multan. Thus, Sialkot Stallionz became defunct within a month.
| Team | City | Owner | Founded | Captain | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad Kingsmen | Hyderabad | FKS Group | 2026 | Marnus Labuschagne | Jason Gillespie |
| Islamabad United | Islamabad | Leonine Global Sports | 2015 | Shadab Khan | Luke Ronchi |
| Karachi Kings | Karachi | Salman Iqbal | 2015 | David Warner | Ravi Bopara |
| Lahore Qalandars | Lahore | Fawad Rana | 2015 | Shaheen Afridi | Darren Gough |
| Multan Sultans | Multan | CD Venture | 2018 | Ashton Turner | Tim Paine |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar | Javed Afridi | 2015 | Babar Azam | Daren Sammy |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta | Nadeem Omar | 2015 | Saud Shakeel | Sarfaraz Ahmed |
| Pindiz | Rawalpindi | Walee Technologies | 2026 | Mohammad Rizwan | Vacant |
PSL 2026 Format
The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League will follow a different format to accommodate the expansion. Eight teams are divided into two groups of four each. Each team will play two games against the teams in their own group. Each team will also play a single game against teams in the opposite group.
- League Stage: Each of the eight teams plays 10 matches (double round-robin).
- Points System: Wins earn 2 points, ties/no-results 1 point each, losses 0. Net Run Rate (NRR) serves as the tiebreaker.
- Playoffs: Top four teams qualify. It includes Qualifier (1 vs 2), Eliminator 1 (3 vs 4), Eliminator 2 (loser of Qualifier vs winner of Eliminator 1), and the Final.
PSL 2026 schedule
The 11th edition of the Pakistan Super League will be played across just two venues from March 26 with the final on May 3. The PCB announced a revised PSL 2026 schedule, with the country going through a fuel crisis. Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and National Bank Stadium in Karachi will host 22 matches each. Lahore will host Eliminator 1, 2 and the final. Karachi will host 21 league games and the Qualifier.
Pakistan Super League
LAHORE QALANDARS
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
LQ won by 69 runs
QUETTA GLADIATORS
KARACHI KINGS
KK won by 14 runs
PESHAWAR ZALMI
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
PZ won by 5 wickets
MULTAN SULTANS
ISLAMABAD UNITED
MS won by 5 wickets
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
QUETTA GLADIATORS
QG won by 40 runs
LAHORE QALANDARS
KARACHI KINGS
KK won by 4 wickets
ISLAMABAD UNITED
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Match Abandoned
MULTAN SULTANS
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
MS won by 6 wickets
QUETTA GLADIATORS
ISLAMABAD UNITED
IU won by 8 wickets
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
KARACHI KINGS
KK won by 5 wickets
MULTAN SULTANS
LAHORE QALANDARS
LQ won by 20 runs
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
ISLAMABAD UNITED
IU won by 7 wickets
MULTAN SULTANS
QUETTA GLADIATORS
MS won by 6 wickets
MULTAN SULTANS
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
MS won by 7 wickets
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
PESHAWAR ZALMI
PZ won by 4 wickets
LAHORE QALANDARS
ISLAMABAD UNITED
IU won by 9 wickets
KARACHI KINGS
PESHAWAR ZALMI
PZ won by 159 runs
QUETTA GLADIATORS
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
QG won by 61 runs
PESHAWAR ZALMI
LAHORE QALANDARS
PZ won by 76 runs
KARACHI KINGS
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
HK won by 4 wickets
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
ISLAMABAD UNITED
HK won by 6 wickets
PESHAWAR ZALMI
MULTAN SULTANS
PZ won by 24 runs
PESHAWAR ZALMI
QUETTA GLADIATORS
PZ won by 8 wickets
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
HK won by 5 wickets
KARACHI KINGS
ISLAMABAD UNITED
IU won by 8 wickets
LAHORE QALANDARS
QUETTA GLADIATORS
QG won by 6 wickets
LAHORE QALANDARS
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
LQ won by 32 runs
KARACHI KINGS
MULTAN SULTANS
MS won by 11 runs
PESHAWAR ZALMI
QUETTA GLADIATORS
PZ won by 118 runs
LAHORE QALANDARS
QUETTA GLADIATORS
LQ won by 9 runs
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
MULTAN SULTANS
Rawalpindi Pindiz elected to bat
KARACHI KINGS
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Match starts at 15:00
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
MULTAN SULTANS
Match starts at 19:30
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
ISLAMABAD UNITED
Match starts at 15:00
LAHORE QALANDARS
KARACHI KINGS
Match starts at 19:30
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
ISLAMABAD UNITED
Match starts at 19:30
QUETTA GLADIATORS
KARACHI KINGS
Match starts at 15:00
LAHORE QALANDARS
PESHAWAR ZALMI
Match starts at 19:30
HYDERABAD KINGSMEN
RAWALPINDI PINDIZ
Match starts at 15:00
ISLAMABAD UNITED
MULTAN SULTANS
Match starts at 19:30
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Match starts at 19:30
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Match starts at 19:30
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Match starts at 19:30
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Match starts at 19:30
PSL 2026 Points Table
PSL 2026 Squads
All six teams completed their squads after the PSL 2025 draft, which was held on January 13, 2025. Each team has a total of 20-21 players on their side.
Lahore Qalandars
Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Abdullah Shafique, Sikandar Raza, Mohammad Naeem, Mustafizur Rahman, Asif Ali, Haris Rauf, Usama Mir, Fakhar Zaman, Ubaid Shah, Haseebullah, Mohammad Farooq, Daniel Sams, Parvez Hussain Emon, Hussain Talat, Tayyab Tahir, Dunith Wellalage, Rubin Hermann, Maaz Khan, Shahab Khan, Gudakesh Motie
Karachi Kings
David Warner (c), Hasan Ali, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Khushdil Shah, Saad Baig, Moeen Ali, Azam Khan, Haroon Arshad, Salman Ali Agha, Shahid Aziz, Mir Hamza, Adam Zampa, Mohammad Hamza Sohail, Aqib Ilyas, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer, Reeza Hendricks, Muhammad Waseem, Ihsanullah, Rizwanullah
Islamabad United
Shadab Khan (c), Salman Irshad, Andries Gous, Devon Conway, Faheem Ashraf, Mehran Mumtaz, Max Bryant, Mark Chapman, Nisar Ahmed, Mir Hamza Sajjad, Sameen Gul, Sameer Minhas, Imad Wasim, Richard Gleeson, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Dipendra Singh Airee, Mohammad Faiq, Mohammad Salman Mirza
Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam (c), Sufyan Moqim, Abdul Samad, Ali Raza, Aaron Hardie, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Haris, Abdul Subhan, James Vince, Michael Bracewell, Kusal Mendis, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mirza Tahir Baig, Kashif Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Farhan Yousuf, Shoriful Islam, Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Brian Bennett
Quetta Gladiators
Saud Shakeel (c), Usman Tariq, Hasan Nawaz, Shamyl Hussain, Alzarri Joseph, Rilee Rossouw, Ahmed Daniyal, Abrar Ahmed, Jahanzaib Sultan, Jahandad Khan, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Wasim Akram Jnr, Khan Zeb, Bismillah Khan, Saqib Khan, Ahsan Ali, Brett Hampton, Sam Harper, Bevon Jacobs, Ben McDermott, Tom Curran, Khalil Ahmed
Pindiz
Mohammad Rizwan (c), Sam Billings, Jalat Khan, Yasir Khan, Naseem Shah, Rishad Hossain, Daryl Mitchell, Mohammad Amir, Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Dian Forrestor, Laurie Evans, Asif Afridi, Kamran Ghulam, Fawad Ali, Mohammad Amir Khan, Shahzaib Khan, Cole McConchie, Saad Masood
Multan Sultans
Ashton Turner (c), Mohammad Nawaz, Shehzad Gul, Faisal Akram, Imran Randhawa, Arafat Minhas, Sahibzada Farhan, Steve Smith, Peter Siddle, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lachlan Shaw, Delano Potgieter, Josh Philippe, Shan Masood, Momin Qamar, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Muhammad Ismail, Atizaz Habib Khan
Hyderabad Kingsmen
Marnus Labuschagne (c), Usman Khan, Akif Javed, Maaz Sadaqat, Saim Ayub, Mohammad Ali, Saad Ali, Kusal Perera, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Hassan Khan, Shayan Jahangir, Glenn Maxwell, Hammad Azam, Riley Meredith, Sharjeel Khan, Asif Mehmood, Hunain Shah, Rizwan Mehmood, Tayyab Arif, Ahmed Hussain, Maheesh Theekshana
Pakistan Super League winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Islamabad United | Quetta Gladiators |
| 2017 | Peshawar Zalmi | Quetta Gladiators |
| 2018 | Islamabad United | Peshawar Zalmi |
| 2019 | Quetta Gladiators | Peshawar Zalmi |
| 2020 | Karachi Kings | Lahore Qalandars |
| 2021 | Multan Sultans | Peshawar Zalmi |
| 2022 | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans |
| 2023 | Lahore Qalandars | Multan Sultans |
| 2024 | Islamabad United | Multan Sultans |
| 2025 | Lahore Qalandars | Quetta Gladiators |
