2025 Pakistan Super League

2025 Pakistan Super League
	Official logo
Dates	10 April – 25 May 2025
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Participants	6
Matches	34
Official website	psl-t20.com
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 Pakistan Super League (referred to as HBL PSL 10 for sponsorship reasons) will be the tenth season of the Pakistan Super League established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).^[1]^[2] The tournament is scheduled to played between six teams in a double round robin and page playoff system with a total of 34 matches played across five cities from 10 April to 25 May 2025.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] Islamabad United are the defending champions. The season will be the last six-team event. Starting from 2026, the PSL will expand to become an eight-team league, with two new franchises set to join the competition.^[7]

This PSL season will clash with Indian Premier League due to the Champions Trophy schedule at the usual Pakistan Super League window.

Squads

The squads were finalized with the draft in Lahore on 13 January 2025, after the franchises announced their retained players.^[8]^[9]

Islamabad United	Karachi Kings	Lahore Qalandars	Multan Sultans	Peshawar Zalmi	Quetta Gladiators
Shadab Khan (c) Imad Wasim Naseem Shah Salman Ali Agha Azam Khan (wk) Haider Ali Rumman Raees Colin Munro Matthew Short Jason Holder Ben Dwarshuis Salman Irshad Mohammad Nawaz Andries Gous (wk) Saad Masood Hunain Shah Riley Meredith Rassie van der Dussen	Shan Masood (c) James Vince (vc) Hasan Ali Arafat Minhas Irfan Khan Niazi Zahid Mahmood Tim Seifert (wk) David Warner Adam Milne Abbas Afridi Khushdil Shah Aamir Jamal Mir Hamza Litton Das (wk) Riazullah Fawad Ali Kane Williamson Mohammad Nabi Omair Yousuf Mirza Mamoon	Shaheen Afridi (c) Fakhar Zaman Haris Rauf Abdullah Shafique Zaman Khan Jahandad Khan Sikandar Raza David Wiese Daryl Mitchell Kusal Perera (wk) Asif Afridi Asif Ali Rishad Hossain Muhammad Akhlaq (wk) Momin Qamar Mohammad Azab Tom Curran Sam Billings (wk) Salman Mirza Muhammad Naeem	Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) David Willey (vc) Usman Khan Iftikhar Ahmed Usama Mir Faisal Akram Chris Jordan Michael Bracewell Mohammad Hasnain Kamran Ghulam Akif Javed Tayyab Tahir Gudakesh Motie Josh Little Shahid Aziz Ubaid Shah Johnson Charles (wk) Shai Hope (wk) Yasir Khan Muhammad Amir Barki	Babar Azam (c) Saim Ayub Mohammad Haris (wk) Arif Yaqoob Mehran Mumtaz Sufiyan Muqeem Ali Raza Tom Kohler-Cadmore (wk) Corbin Bosch Mohammad Ali Abdul Samad Nahid Rana Hussain Talat Max Bryant Najibullah Zadran Maaz Sadaqat Alzarri Joseph Ahmed Daniyal	Saud Shakeel (c) Rilee Rossouw (vc) Mohammad Amir Mohammad Wasim Abrar Ahmed Khawaja Nafay Akeal Hosein Usman Tariq Mark Chapman Faheem Ashraf Finn Allen Khurram Shahzad Haseebullah Khan (wk) Kyle Jamieson Hassan Nawaz Mohammad Zeeshan Kusal Mendis (wk) Sean Abbott Shoaib Malik Danish Aziz

Venues

The tournament will take place across six cities; Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Quetta.

City	Lahore	Multan	Karachi	Peshawar	Rawalpindi	Quetta
Stadium	Gaddafi Stadium	Multan Cricket Stadium	National Stadium	Arbab Niaz Stadium	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Bugti Stadium
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Capacity	34,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	17,000	20,000
Karachi Lahore Rawalpindi Peshawar Multan Quetta

References

^ "PCB confirms PSL expansion from 2026 with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. 17 May 2024.
^ Yaqoob, Mohammad (18 May 2024). "Franchises, PCB all but agree over eight-team PSL, April-May window". DAWN.COM.
^ "Schedule Of PSL 2025 To Clash With IPL's. Here's The Reason Behind PCB's Move". NDTVSports.com. 5 May 2024.
^ "PSL 2025: Major advantage of holding event alongside IPL revealed". www.geosuper.tv. 9 May 2024.
^ "PCB to hold PSL 2025 in same timeframe as IPL, tentative dates revealed as Pakistan face scheduling challenges: Report". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2024.
^ "PCB announces window for PSL 2025". ARY NEWS. 5 August 2024.
^ "PCB confirms PSL expansion from 2026 with two new teams". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 May 2024.
^ "Player retentions announced for PSL's 10th edition". Geo Super. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
^ "PSL 10 Player Draft concludes as teams finalise squads". ARY News. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[1] "PCB confirms PSL expansion from 2026 with two new teams". ESPNcricinfo. 17 May 2024.

[2] Yaqoob, Mohammad (18 May 2024). "Franchises, PCB all but agree over eight-team PSL, April-May window". DAWN.COM.

[3] "Schedule Of PSL 2025 To Clash With IPL's. Here's The Reason Behind PCB's Move". NDTVSports.com. 5 May 2024.

[4] "PSL 2025: Major advantage of holding event alongside IPL revealed". www.geosuper.tv. 9 May 2024.

[5] "PCB to hold PSL 2025 in same timeframe as IPL, tentative dates revealed as Pakistan face scheduling challenges: Report". Hindustan Times. 5 August 2024.

[6] "PCB announces window for PSL 2025". ARY NEWS. 5 August 2024.

[7] "PCB confirms PSL expansion from 2026 with two new teams". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 May 2024.

[8] "Player retentions announced for PSL's 10th edition". Geo Super. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

[9] "PSL 10 Player Draft concludes as teams finalise squads". ARY News. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.

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Finals	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Teams	Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Drafts	2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Lists	Captains Umpires Venues
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Controversies	2017 spot-fixing scandal
Related topics	History Karachi Kings–Lahore Qalandars rivalry HBL PSL Hamaray Heroes Award
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