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Pakistan Super League 2020
Dates20 February – 22 March
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s) Pakistan
Participants6
Matches34
Official websitepsl-t20.com
← 2019

2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2020) is the fifth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. The league is being held entirely in Pakistan for the first time.[1] The tournament is taking place between 20 February 2020 and 22 March 2020.[2]

Background

In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, announced that the fifth season of the tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan.[3][4][5][6] In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also expressed the desire to host all the matches of this season in Pakistan.[7] On 1 January 2020, PCB announced fixtures for the tournament confirming that the entire tournament will take place in Pakistan.[8][9]

Teams and squads

Main article: 2020 Pakistan Super League players draft

The players draft took place on 6 December,[10] with the first round taking place on 3 November 2019.[11] Ahead of the draft, each team was allowed to retain up to eight players from their previous squad.[12] On 1 December 2019, PCB announced the retention players list with all six teams retaining a total of 45 players from the previous season.

Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators

Venues

The tournament will be held entirely in Pakistan.[14] Total 34 matches will be played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan.[15][16] The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place in Karachi, while the playoffs, including the final, are scheduled to take place in Lahore.[17]

Lahore Karachi Rawalpindi Multan
Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 34,228 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 14 Matches: 9 Matches: 8 Matches: 3

Match officials

Umpires

[18]

Referees

Promotion in media

The league has been promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and anthem titled #TayyarHain.[19]

Trophy

On 19 February 2020, the trophy for the league was unveiled by squash legend Jahangir Khan alongside PCB chairman Ehsan Mani at National Stadium, Karachi. The 65 centimetres long trophy weighing eight kilogrammes has a crescent and star with multi-coloured strips of enamel and is to be used in all future PSL events with every year's winning team name to be engraved on it.[20]

Ceremonies

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on 20 February at National Stadium, Karachi, prior to the first match of the season.[8] 350 artists performed their talents, including fame artists like Abrar-ul-Haq, Aima Baig, Abu Mohammad, Fareed Ayaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Sajjad Ali, Sanam Marvi and Soch Band. Ali Azmat, Arif Lohar, Haroon Rashid and Asim Azhar performed the anthem, followed by fireworks.[21][22]

Commentators

[23]

Experts

Presenters

Cancer awareness

The childhood cancer awareness day and the breast cancer awareness day will be marked on 22 February and 7 March respectively, with the stadiums to be themed as gold and pink respectively.[24][25]

League stage

Format

The six teams will play 10 matches each and will get 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four team in the group stage will qualify for the play-offs.

Points table

Team P W L T NR Pts NRR
Multan Sultans 1 1 0 0 0 2 +1.884
Quetta Gladiators 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.843
Karachi Kings 1 1 0 0 0 2 +0.500
Peshawar Zalmi 1 0 1 0 0 0 –0.500
Islamabad United 1 0 1 0 0 0 –0.843
Lahore Qalandars 1 0 1 0 0 0 –1.884
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams will qualify for the playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

Summary

Visitor team →IU KK LQ MS PZ QG
Home team ↓
Islamabad UnitedKarachi
5 wickets		Islamabad
71 runs		Multan
9 wickets		Match
abandoned		Quetta
5 wickets
Karachi KingsKarachi
4 wickets		Karachi
10 wickets		Match
abandoned		Karachi
10 runs		Quetta
5 wickets
Lahore QalandarsIslamabad
1 wicket		Lahore
8 wickets		Multan
5 wickets		Lahore
5 wickets		Lahore
37 runs
Multan SultansIslamabad
8 wickets		Multan
52 runs		Lahore
9 wickets		Multan
6 wickets		Multan
30 runs
Peshawar ZalmiPeshawar
7 runs (D/L)		Karachi
6 wickets		Peshawar
16 runs		Multan
3 runs		Peshawar
30 runs
Quetta GladiatorsQuetta
3 wickets		Quetta
5 wickets		Lahore
8 wickets		Match
abandoned		Peshawar
6 wickets
Home team wonVisitor team won
  • Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
  • Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.


League progression

TeamGroup matchesPlayoffs
12345678910E1/QE2F
Islamabad United0244557777
Karachi Kings222467791111WW
Lahore Qalandars00022468810WWL
Multan Sultans22468911121414LL
Peshawar Zalmi0224557999L
Quetta Gladiators2246666679
WinLossNo result
  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.


Fixtures

The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 1 January 2020.[8][9][a]

20 February 2020
21:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
168 (19.1 overs)
v
Quetta Gladiators
171/7 (18.3 overs)
Dawid Malan 64 (40)
Mohammad Hasnain 4/25 (4 overs)
Azam Khan 59 (33)
Muhammad Musa 3/30 (4 overs)
Quetta Gladiators won by 3 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators)
  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.
  • Abdul Nasir (Quetta Gladiators) made his T20 debut.
21 February 2020
15:00
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
201/4 (20 overs)
v
Peshawar Zalmi
191/7 (20 overs)
Babar Azam 78 (56)
Hasan Ali 2/52 (4 overs)
Liam Livingstone 54* (29)
Umaid Asif 2/23 (4 overs)
Karachi Kings won by 10 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
Player of the match: Babar Azam (Karachi Kings)
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
21 February 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
138/8 (20 overs)
v
Multan Sultans
142/5 (16.1 overs)
Chris Lynn 39 (19)
Moeen Ali 2/13 (2 overs)
Shan Masood 38 (29)
David Wiese 1/11 (2 overs)
Multan Sultans won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)
  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.
22 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
v
  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohammad Amir Khan (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.
22 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
26 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
28 February 2020
15:00
Scorecard
v
4 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
6 March 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
8 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
10 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
11 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
12 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
13 March 2020
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
14 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
15 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
v
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)

Playoffs

[a]

Template:PSL Playoffs

Qualifier

17 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Eliminators

Eliminator 1

18 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Eliminator 2

20 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator 1

Final

22 March 2020
TBC (D/N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator 2

Notes

  1. ^ a b All times are in UTC+5 (PST)

References

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