2020 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 5 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2020) will be the fifth period of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was set up by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015.
The alliance will be held altogether in Pakistan for the first time. The competition is booked to happen between 20 February 2020 and 22 March 2020.
Topics
- Background
- Teams and squads
- Venues
- Match authorities
- Umpires
- Referees
- Promotion in media
- Ceremonies
- Opening service
- League stage
- Format
- Points table
- Summary
Background
In February 2019, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, reported that the fifth period of the competition will be held completely in Pakistan. In March 2019, Ehsan Mani, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board also communicated the craving to have all the matches of this season in Pakistan.
On 1 January 2020, PCB declared installations for the competition affirming that the whole competition will occur in Pakistan.
Groups and squads
2020 Pakistan Super League players draft
The players draft occurred on 6 December, with the first round occurring on 3 November 2019.
Ahead of the draft, each group was permitted to hold up to eight players from their past squad. On 1 December 2019, PCB reported the maintenance players list with every one of the six groups holding an aggregate of 45 players from the past season.
Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators
Shadab Khan (c)
Luke Ronchi (wk)
Amad Butt
Faheem Ashraf
Asif Ali
Hussain Talat
Muhammad Musa
Rizwan Hussain
Dale Steyn
Colin Ingram
Colin Munro
Rumman Raees
Zafar Gohar
Phil Salt
Akif Javed
Dawid Malan
Rassie van der Dussen
Saif Badar
Ahmed Safi Abdullah
Imad Wasim (c)
Babar Azam
Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
Iftikhar Ahmed
Mohammad Amir
Aamer Yamin
Usama Mir
Umer Khan
Alex Hales
Chris Jordan
Sharjeel Khan
Cameron Delport
Ali Khan
Zahid Mahmood
Chadwick Walton
Dan Lawrence
Umaid Asif
Mitchell McClenaghan
Liam Plunkett
Awais Zia
Arshad Iqbal
Sohail Akhtar (c)
Mohammad Hafeez
Shaheen Afridi
Ben Dunk (wk)
David Wiese
Haris Rauf
Salman Butt
Usman Shinwari
Fakhar Zaman
Chris Lynn
Samit Patel
Seekkuge Prasanna
Jaahid Ali
Raja Farzan
Faizan Khan (wk)
Dane Vilas (wk)
Lendl Simmons (wk)
Dilbar Hussain
Shan Masood (c)
Shahid Afridi
Rohail Nazir (wk)
Ali Shafiq
Mohammad Irfan
Mohammad Ilyas
James Vince
Junaid Khan
Moeen Ali
Rilee Rossouw
Zeeshan Ashraf
Ravi Bopara
Sohail Tanvir
Wayne Madsen
Khushdil Shah
Fabian Allen
Usman Qadir
Imran Tahir
Bilawal Bhatti
Darren Sammy (c)
Kamran Akmal (wk)
Shoaib Malik
Hasan Ali
Umar Amin
Imam-ul-Haq
Kieron Pollard
Wahab Riaz
Tom Banton (wk)
Liam Dawson
Lewis Gregory
Carlos Brathwaite
Mohammad Mohsin
Rahat Ali
Adil Amin
Dwaine Pretorius
Liam Livingstone
Haider Ali
Mohammad Amir Khan
Aamir Ali
Sarfaraz Ahmed (c) (wk)
Umar Akmal
Ahmed Shehzad
Ahsan Ali
Ben Cutting
Mohammad Hasnain
Mohammad Nawaz
Naseem Shah
Shane Watson
Jason Roy
Fawad Ahmed
Tymal Mills
Abdul Nasir
Sohail Khan
Khurram Manzoor
Keemo Paul
Aarish Ali
Azam Khan (wk)
Zahid Mahmood
Venues
The competition will be held totally in Pakistan. Total 34 matches will be played in four venues Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi and Multan.
The opening service is booked to happen in Karachi, while the end of the season games, including the last, are planned to occur in Lahore.
Lahore Karachi Rawalpindi Multan
Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Multan Cricket Stadium
Limit: 27,000 Capacity: 34,228 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 35,000
Matches: 14 Matches: 9 Matches: 8 Matches: 3
Lahore
Karachi
Multan
Rawalpindi
Match officials
Umpires
Faisal Afridi
Aslam Bareach
Michael Gough
Majid Hussain
Nasir Hussain
Richard Illingworth
Imtiaz Iqbal
Saqib Khan
Ranmore Martinesz
Tariq Rasheed
Ahsan Raza
Shozab Raza
Rashid Riaz
Asif Yaqoob
Referees
Mohammad Anees
Roshan Mahanama
Javed Malik
Aziz-ur-Rehman
Advancement in media
The group has been advanced via web-based networking media by the hashtag #HBLPSLV and song of devotion titled #TayyarHain.
Ceremonies
Opening ceremony
The opening service is booked to be hung on 20 February at National Stadium, Karachi, before the main match of the season.
Class stage
Format
The six groups will play 10 matches each and will get 2 focuses for each success, none for a misfortune and 1 point for a no outcome.
The best four group in the gathering stage will fit the bill for the end of the season games.
Focuses table
Team P W L T NR Pts NRR
Islamabad United 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Karachi Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Lahore Qalandars 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Multan Sultans 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Peshawar Zalmi 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Quetta Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0.000
Source: ESPNcricinfo
The main 4 groups will fit the bill for the playoffs
Progressed to Qualifier
Progressed to Eliminator 1
Summary
Alliance progression
Fixtures
The PCB affirmed the apparatuses for the competition on 1 January 2020.
20 February 2020
TBC
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
v
Islamabad United
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
21 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
v
Peshawar Zalmi
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
21 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Multan Sultans
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
22 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
v
Peshawar Zalmi
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
22 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
v
Multan Sultans
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
23 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
v
Quetta Gladiators
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
23 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Islamabad United
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
26 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
v
Peshawar Zalmi
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
27 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
v
Quetta Gladiators
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
28 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
v
Karachi Kings
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
28 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
v
Lahore Qalandars
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
29 February 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Multan Sultans
v
Quetta Gladiators
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
29 February 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
v
Peshawar Zalmi
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
1 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad United
v
Karachi Kings
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
2 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
v
Karachi Kings
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
3 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Quetta Gladiators
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Faisal Afridi (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
4 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Islamabad United
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
5 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
v
Quetta Gladiators
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
6 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Kings
v
Multan Sultans
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
7 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
v
Islamabad United
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Tariq Rasheed (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
7 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Quetta Gladiators
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
8 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
Islamabad United
v
Multan Sultans
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tariq Rasheed (Pak)
8 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Karachi Kings
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
10 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Qalandars
v
Peshawar Zalmi
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
11 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Quetta Gladiators
v
Multan Sultans
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
12 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
v
Lahore Qalandars
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
13 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar Zalmi
v
Multan Sultans
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
14 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
v
Islamabad United
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Ahsan Raza (Pak)
15 March 2020
14:00
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Lahore Qalandars
v
Multan Sultans
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
15 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
PSL-homeground.jpg Karachi Kings
v
Quetta Gladiators
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
End of the season games
Preliminary Final
22 March — Lahore
17 March — Karachi
1
2
20 March — Lahore
18 March — Lahore
3
4
Qualifier
17 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
first set group
v
second set group
National Stadium, Karachi
Eliminators
Eliminator 1
18 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
third set group
v
fourth set group
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Eliminator 2
20 March 2020
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Washout of Qualifier
v
Victor of Eliminator 1
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Finaal
22 March 2020
TBC (D/N)
Scorecard
Victor of Qualifier
v
Victor of Eliminator 2
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore