2023 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 8 or, for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2023) is the on-going eighth season of the

Pakistan Super League The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league contested during February and March of every year by six teams representing six cities of Pakistan. The league was founded on 9 September 2015 with five teams by the Paki ...

, a franchise

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league which was established by the

Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Coun ...

(PCB) in 2015. Then PCB chairman

Ramiz Raja Ramiz Hasan Raja ( ur, ; born 14 August 1962) is a Pakistani cricket administrator, commentator, YouTuber, and former cricketer who served as the 35th Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board between September 2021 and December 2022. As a pla ...

had hinted at an auction based system to replace the draft for the 2023 season but a draft was retained. The

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for the tournament was held on 15 December in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. A total of 36 foreign players were picked alongside local players. The tournament was played between 13 February to 19 March 2023.

Squads

In November 2022, the retained player's list was announced. Squads for the tournament were finalized on 15 December with the final draft.

Venues

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced plans to hold matches in

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the List ...

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

and

during the 2023 season. Lahore and Karachi were only the venues in 2022.

Arbab Niaz Stadium Arbab Niaz Stadium ( ur, ارباب نیاز سٹیڈیم), formerly known as Shahi Bagh Stadium ( ur, شاہی باغ سٹیڈیم), is a cricket stadium in Peshawar, Pakistan and home ground of Peshawar Zalmi. It is owned by Khyber Pakhtunkh ...

in Peshawar was later declared unfit to hold any matches in the tournament. Quetta's

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was later added to the list of PSL venues but was removed shortly after due to logistical reasons. The PCB considered moving the matches in Lahore and Rawalpindi to Karachi after a dispute with the Punjab government over the cost of security arrangements but did not do so after the dispute was resolved.

Match officials

On 7 February, PCB announced the list of officials for league stage matches which included 3

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out of 14.

Umpires

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Aleem Dar Aleem Dar PP ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 6 June 1968) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former cricketer. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. He won the David Shepherd Trophy three years in a row from 2009 to 2011, after being nomina ...

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Asif Yaqoob Asif Yaqoob (born 11 November 1973) is a Pakistani cricket umpire. He has officiated in Pakistan Super League. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Pakistan and Australia on 26 October 2018. He stood in his first ...

* Faisal Afridi *

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* Mohammad Asif *Nasir Hussain *

Rashid Riaz Rashid Riaz (born 27 February 1976) is a Pakistani cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer. He is now an umpire and has stood in matches in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He stood in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match betwe ...

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Shozab Raza Shozab Raza (Urdu: شوزيب رضا) is Pakistani cricket umpire. Career Raza made his debut as an umpire in 2012 when he supervised a One Day International (ODI) match played between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Sharjah Cricket Association ...

Tariq Rasheed Tariq Rasheed (born 10 March 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer. He played in twenty first-class and twenty-two List A matches between 1996 and 2004. He is now an umpire, and stood in the match between Federally Administered Tribal Areas and ...

Referees

* Ali Naqvi *Iftikhar Ahmed * Muhammad Javed *Mohammad Anees *

Roshan Mahanama Deshabandu Roshan Siriwardene Mahanama ( si, රොෂාන් මහානාම; born 31 May 1966) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a former ICC match referee. He was a key member for 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team for Sri Lanka. ...

Marketing

The season's logo variant was unveiled on 26 January with the

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s #HBLPSL8 and #SabSitarayHamaray being used for promotion on social media. The slogan for this season had originally been ‘Soch Hai Apki’ but was later changed to ‘Sab Sitaray Hamaray’.

Anthem

On 7 February 2023, the PCB announced that

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and

Faris Shafi Faris Shafi (Urdu/ Punjabi: فارس شفیع; born November 2, 1987) is a Pakistani rapper, songwriter and actor. He is son of actress Saba Hameed and Syed Pervaiz Shafi, and brother of musician Meesha Shafi. Performing in Urdu, English and P ...

would be singing the 2023 PSL anthem titled “ Sab Sitaray Humaray” and

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would be producing it. It was earlier reported that

Ali Sethi Ali Aziz Sethi (Urdu/; ; born July 2, 1984) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and author. Sethi rose to prominence with his debut novel, '' The Wish Maker'' (2009). In 2012, Sethi began focusing on his musical career and made his film ...

would be singing the anthem but was removed once his father became PCB chairman due to possible conflict of interest.

Trophy

The trophy, named Supernova, for the 2023 edition of PSL was unveiled on 9 February 2023. This trophy was deemed historic because it was entirely made in Pakistan by Lahore-based Mahfooz Jewellers.

Media personnel

PCB revealed the names of media personnel on 7 February.

Commentary Panel

* Alan Wilkins *

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* Danny Morrison *

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(Urdu commentator) * Nick Knight *

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*Sikandar Bakht *

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* Tariq Saeed (Urdu commentator) *

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Presenters

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League Stage

Format

Each team will play every other team twice in the league stage of the tournament in a double round robin. Following the group stage, the top four teams will qualify for the playoff stage of the tournament.

Points table

Summary

League progression

Fixtures

The PCB announced the fixtures on 20 January 2023. An exhibition match was played between

Peshawar Zalmi Peshawar Zalmi ( ur, ; ps, پېښور زلمي; literally meaning "Peshawar's youth") is a Pakistani franchise T20 cricket team which plays in the Pakistan Super League and represents Peshawar, the capital city of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...

and

Quetta Gladiators Quetta Gladiators (Urdu, Balochi: ; Pashto: کویټه ګلیډیټرز) is a Pakistani professional Twenty20 cricket franchise that competes in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). They play most home games at the 27,000-capacity Gaddafi Stadium ...

before the start of league at the

and was won by the Gladiators by 3 runs.

Karachi and Multan

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Lahore and Rawalpindi

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Playoffs

Qualifier

Eliminators

Eliminator 1

Eliminator 2

Final

Awards and statistics

At the end of the season, the player with most runs will be awarded with a Green cap and the

Hanif Mohammad Hanif Mohammad PP ( ur, , 21 December 1934 – 11 August 2016) was a Pakistani cricketer. He played for the Pakistani cricket team in 55 Test matches between the 1952–53 season and the 1969–70 season. He averaged 43.98 scoring twelve ...

Award, and the player with most wickets will be awarded with Maroon cap and the

Fazal Mahmood Fazal Mahmood PP, HI (18 February 1927 – 30 May 2005) was a Pakistani international cricketer. He played in 34 Test matches and took 139 wickets at a bowling average of 24.70. The first Pakistani to pass 100 wickets, he reached the landm ...

Award.

Most runs

Most wickets

References

External links

League home at ESPNcricinfo
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