The Pakistan Super League PSL 2023 schedule has been announced today featuring a total of 34 matches to be played at at Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi & Multan Venues.
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The Lahore Qalandars will have a chance to make history when they face off against the Multan Sultans in the first match of the HBL Pakistan Super League 8 at the Multan Cricket Stadium on February 13th, Monday.
The Lahore Qalandars, having defeated the defending champions Multan Sultans by 42 runs at the Gaddafi Stadium in 2022, will now enter the 8th edition of the tournament with added motivation to become the first team to win consecutive titles. Previously, the Multan Sultans reached the final of the tournament as defending champions in 2018 but failed to win, losing to Islamabad United who secured their second title in three years.
Peshawar Zalmi and Multan Sultans are the only teams, out of all the defending champions, to have reached the final in the highly competitive and grueling league of the cricket world.
Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi will host the 34-match tournament and the schedule has been set up so that each of the four teams will play five matches in front of their home crowd, one match against each other team.
The Qalandars will play five matches at the Gaddafi Stadium, and one match each in Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi. The Sultans will play one match each in Rawalpindi, Karachi and Lahore, while the Kings will play three matches in Rawalpindi, one in Lahore and one in Multan, and the United will play three matches in Karachi, one in Lahore and one in Multan.
The Quetta Gladiators will play four matches in Karachi, four matches in Rawalpindi, one match in Lahore and one match in Multan. The Peshawar Zalmi will play five matches in Rawalpindi, three matches in Karachi, one match in Lahore and one match in Multan.
The HBL PSL 8 will take place in two parts, with the Multan Cricket Stadium and National Bank Cricket Arena hosting matches from February 13th to 26th. Then the tournament will move to the Gaddafi Stadium and Pindi Cricket Stadium, where matches will be played from February 26th to March 19th, including the Qualifier, two Eliminators and the final which will be held at the home of Pakistani cricket from March 15th to 19th.
SCHEDULE OF MATCHES (afternoon matches will start at 2pm; evening matches in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi will start at 7pm. Evening matches in Multan will begin at 6pm except for the tournament opener, which will commence at 8pm)
13 Feb – Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars, Multan Cricket Stadium
14 Feb – Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi, National Bank Cricket Arena
15 Feb – Multan Sultans v Quetta Gladiators, Multan Cricket Stadium
16 Feb – Karachi Kings v Islamabad United, National Bank Cricket Arena
17 Feb – Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi, Multan Cricket Stadium
18 Feb – Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators, National Bank Cricket Arena
19 Feb – Multan Sultans v Islamabad United, Multan Cricket Stadium; Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars, National Bank Cricket Arena
20 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi, National Bank Cricket Arena
21 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars, National Bank Cricket Arena
22 Feb – Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings, Multan Cricket Stadium
23 Feb – Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United, National Bank Cricket Arena
24 Feb – Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United, National Bank Cricket Arena
26 Feb – Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans, National Bank Cricket Arena; Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi, Gaddafi Stadium
27 Feb – Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United, Gaddafi Stadium
1 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings, Pindi Cricket Stadium
2 Mar – Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators, Gaddafi Stadium
3 Mar – Islamabad United v Karachi Kings, Pindi Cricket Stadium
4 Mar – Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans, Gaddafi Stadium
5 Mar – Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators, Pindi Cricket Stadium
6 Mar – Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings, Pindi Cricket Stadium
7 Mar – Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars, Pindi Cricket Stadium; Islamabad United v Multan Sultans, Pindi Cricket Stadium
8 Mar – Pakistan Women’s League Exhibition Match 1, Pindi Cricket Stadium; Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators, Pindi Cricket Stadium
9 Mar – Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars, Pindi Cricket Stadium
10 Mar – Pakistan Women’s League Exhibition Match 2, Pindi Cricket Stadium; Peshawar Zalmi v Multan Sultans, Pindi Cricket Stadium
11 Mar – Pakistan Women’s League Exhibition Match 3, Pindi Cricket Stadium; Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans, Pindi Cricket Stadium
12 Mar – Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi, Pindi Cricket Stadium; Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings, Gaddafi Stadium
15 Mar – Qualifier (1 v 2), Gaddafi Stadium
16 Mar – Eliminator 1 (3 v 4), Gaddafi Stadium
17 Mar – Eliminator 2 (loser Qualifier v winner Eliminator 1), Gaddafi Stadium
19 Mar – Final, Gaddafi Stadium
For complete PSL coverage, you can check out PSL schedule (with timing/venues & other details) and PSL points table update for today.
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