The Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United are set to face each other in the first match of the season.
The fifth season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) will begin on February 20, 2020. With this, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has released the schedule of matches for the upcoming season. The league will go on until March 22 with a total of 34 matches to be played in four cities. As an added bonus, the entire PSL will take place in Pakistan for the first time.
Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan will host the matches this season. What remains to be seen is how many overseas players will be playing in Pakistan over the league’s duration. The series with Sri Lanka should be a catalyst to encourage other foreign players to play not just in the PSL but in Pakistan as well. As for the matches, defending champions Quetta Gladiators will face the Islamabad United in the first match of the tournament.
After 30 matches have been played, Karachi will host the first qualifying match on March 17. The final match of the tournament is set to take place on March 22. Ehsan Mani, PCB’s Chairman, is happy that the entire tournament will finally take place in Pakistan. He then went on to say that after the successful Sri Lanka series, he had no doubt that the tournament’s entire duration will be held in Pakistan.
‘After bringing Test cricket back to Pakistan, hosting of the entire HBL, Pakistan Super League is our other major achievement. I never had any doubts it was Pakistan’s league and should be played in front of home crowds. We had made this commitment to the people of Pakistan at the end of last year’s event and I am pleased today we have announced the event schedule with four centres to share the 34 event matches between them’, he said.
Below is the complete schedule for the tournament:
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Day |
Date |
Match |
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Thursday |
February 20, 2020 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United |
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Friday |
February 21, 2020 |
Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi |
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Lahore Qalandars vs Multan Sultans |
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Saturday |
February 22, 2020 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi |
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Islamabad United vs Multan Sultans |
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Sunday |
February 23, 2020 |
Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators |
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Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United |
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Wednesday |
February 26, 2020 |
Multan Sultans vs Peshawar Zalmi |
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Thursday |
February 27, 2020 |
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators |
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Friday |
February 28, 2020 |
Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings |
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Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars |
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Saturday |
February 29, 2020 |
Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators |
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Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi |
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Sunday |
March 1, 2020 |
Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings |
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Monday |
March 2, 2020 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings |
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Tuesday |
March 3, 2020 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars |
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Wednesday |
March 4, 2020 |
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars |
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Thursday |
March 5, 2020 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators |
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Friday |
March 6, 2020 |
Karachi Kings vs Multan Sultans |
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Saturday |
March 7, 2020 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United |
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Lahore Qalandars vs Quetta Gladiators |
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Sunday |
March 8, 2020 |
Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United |
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Lahore Qalandars vs Karachi Kings |
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Tuesday |
March 10, 2020 |
Lahore Qalandars vs Peshawar Zalmi |
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Wednesday |
March 11, 2020 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Multan Sultans |
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Thursday |
March 12, 2020 |
Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars |
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Friday |
March 13, 2020 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans |
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Saturday |
March 14, 2020 |
Karachi Kings vs Islamabad United |
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Sunday |
March 15, 2020 |
Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars |
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Quetta Gladiators vs Karachi Kings |
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Tuesday |
March 17, 2020 |
Qualifier |
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Wednesday |
March 18, 2020 |
Eliminator 1 |
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Friday |
March 20, 2020 |
Eliminator 2 |
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Sunday |
March 22, 2020 |
Final |
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) is a professional Twenty20 cricket league that was established in 2015. It is one of the highest professional sports league for cricket in the country. It originally had 5 teams in the league until a sixth team was added in 2018. The teams are individually owned and controlled by investors. To find out more about the PSL, visit Betwala’s page.
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