2023 Pakistan Super League


2023 Pakistan Super League was the eighth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2015. Then PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had hinted at an auction-based system to replace the draft for the 2023 season but a draft was retained. The draft for the tournament was held on 15 December in Karachi. A total of 36 foreign players were picked alongside local players. Lahore Qalandars were the defending champions.
The tournament was to be played between 13 February to 19 March 2023, However, on 16 March 2023, PCB moved forward the final by a day to 18 March 2023 due to bad weather forecast predicted in Lahore, with 19 and 20 March set as reserve days.
In the final, Lahore Qalandars defeated Multan Sultans by a minor margin of 1 run to become the first team in the PSL to defend their title.

Squads

In November 2022, the retained player's list was announced. Squads for the tournament were finalized on 15 December with the final draft.
Islamabad UnitedKarachi KingsLahore QalandarsMultan SultansPeshawar ZalmiQuetta Gladiators

  • Imad Wasim
  • Mohammad Amir
  • Aamer Yamin
  • Sharjeel Khan
  • Qasim Akram
  • Shoaib Malik
  • Haider Ali
  • Matthew Wade
  • Imran Tahir
  • James Fuller
  • Andrew Tye
  • Tayyab Tahir
  • Muhammad Akhlaq
  • Irfan Khan
  • Mohammad Umar
  • Ben Cutting
  • Muhammad Musa
  • Faisal Akram
  • Adam Rossington
  • Akif Javed
  • Shaheen Afridi
  • David Wiese
  • Haris Rauf
  • Rashid Khan
  • Abdullah Shafique
  • Kamran Ghulam
  • Zaman Khan
  • Fakhar Zaman
  • Hussain Talat
  • Sikandar Raza
  • Dilbar Hussain
  • Mirza Tahir Baig
  • Ahmed Daniyal
  • Shawaiz Irfan
  • Ahsan Hafeez
  • Jalat Khan
  • Sam Billings
  • Shane Dadswell
  • Shai Hope
  • Mohammad Rizwan
  • Shan Masood
  • Khushdil Shah
  • Rilee Rossouw
  • Tim David
  • Abbas Afridi
  • Ihsanullah
  • David Miller
  • Akeal Hosein
  • Usama Mir
  • Usman Khan
  • Sameen Gul
  • Anwar Ali
  • Mohammad Sarwar
  • Arafat Minhas
  • Kieron Pollard
  • Amad Butt
  • Izharulhaq Naveed
  • Mohammad Ilyas
  • Carlos Brathwaite
  • Sheldon Cottrell
  • Babar Azam
  • Wahab Riaz
  • Tom Kohler-Cadmore
  • Salman Irshad
  • Mohammad Haris
  • Aamer Jamal
  • Bhanuka Rajapaksa
  • Danish Aziz
  • Arshad Iqbal
  • Usman Qadir
  • Saim Ayub
  • Sufiyan Muqeem
  • Haseebullah Khan
  • James Neesham
  • Khurram Shahzad
  • Haris Sohail
  • Shakib Al Hasan
  • Richard Gleeson
  • Peter Hatzoglou
  • Azmatullah Omarzai
  • Dasun Shanaka
  • Saad Masood
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed
  • Mohammad Nawaz
  • Iftikhar Ahmed
  • Jason Roy
  • Mohammad Hasnain
  • Umar Akmal
  • Will Smeed
  • Naseem Shah
  • Odean Smith
  • Umaid Asif
  • Mohammad Zahid
  • Abdul Bangalzai
  • Aimal Khan
  • Martin Guptill
  • Omair Yousuf
  • Qais Ahmad
  • Saud Shakeel
  • Nuwan Thushara
  • Dwaine Pretorius
  • Mohammad Hafeez
  • Yasir Khan
  • Najibullah Zadran
  • Bismillah Khan

    • Venues

    The Pakistan Cricket Board announced plans to hold matches in Multan, Peshawar, Lahore and Karachi during the 2023 season. Lahore and Karachi were only the venues in 2022. The Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar was declared unfit to hold any matches in the tournament. Quetta's Bugti Stadium 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 Elite Panel of ICC Umpires out of 14.

    Umpires

    Referees

    Marketing

    The season's logo variant was unveiled on 26 January with the hashtags #HBLPSL8 and #SabSitarayHamaray being used for promotion on social media; latter being the official anthem. Previously, the slogan for this season had been 'Soch Hai Apki' but was later changed.

    Trophy

    The trophy for this season, named Supernova, was unveiled on 9 February 2023. It was entirely made in Pakistan by Lahore-based Mahfooz Jewellers.

    League stage

    Format

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

    Points table

    Notes:C = Champions; R = Runner-up; = Position at the end of the tournament

    Fixtures

    The PCB announced the fixtures on 20 January 2023. An exhibition match was played between Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators before the start of league at the Bugti Stadium and was won by the Gladiators by 3 runs.

    Karachi and Multan

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    Awards and statistics

    Abbas Afridi, the leading wicket taker of the tournament, was awarded with the Fazal Mahmood Cap, and Mohammad Rizwan, the leading runs scorer, was awarded with the Hanif Mohammad Cap.

    Most runs

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    Most wickets

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    End of season awards

    • Source: Geo Super, CricTracker

    Team of the tournament

    • Source: PCB, GeoSuperTV