2021 Pakistan Super League

2021 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 6 or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2021) will be the sixth season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015.[1][2] This will be the second season held entirely in Pakistan. A PSL executive confirmed that the sixth season will consist of same six teams with no plans for expansion.[3] It is scheduled to be held in February and March of 2021.[4][5] Starting from 2021, PSL will have a dedicated window in the ICC Future Tours Programme.[6]

Pakistan Super League 2021
Dates20 February – 22 March 2021
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)Pakistan
Participants6
Matches played34
Official websitepsl-t20.com

Teams and squads
Main article: 2021 Pakistan Super League players draft
Islamabad United Karachi Kings Lahore Qalandars Multan Sultans Peshawar Zalmi Quetta Gladiators

On 9 January 2021, PCB announced the retention players list.[7] The players draft took place on 10 January 2021 in Lahore.[8][9]

Venues

In June 2020, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that they plan to add Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar as a fifth venue in this edition of the PSL.[10][11] However, delays in construction of the stadium may make it difficult to host the matches of the tournament.[12] PCB also planned to hold few matches in Faisalabad and Hyderabad as well.[13] Stadium in Hayatabad was also announced as a possible venue for some matches.[14] In September 2020, the PCB confirmed that both the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar and Bugti Stadium in Quetta, would be unable to host this season's matches.[15] However, it was later decided that the tournament will be held at only Karachi and Lahore.[16]

Lahore Karachi
Gaddafi Stadium National Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 32,000
Matches: 14 Matches: 20

League stage

Format

The six teams play 10 matches each and 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 qualify for the play-offs.

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Islamabad United 0 0 0 0 0 —
2 Karachi Kings 0 0 0 0 0 —
3 Lahore Qalandars 0 0 0 0 0 —
4 Multan Sultans 0 0 0 0 0 —
5 Peshawar Zalmi 0 0 0 0 0 —
6 Quetta Gladiators 0 0 0 0 0 —
Source: ESPNcricinfo
  • The top 4 teams qualified for the playoffs
  •   Advanced to Qualifier
  •   Advanced to Eliminator 1

Fixtures

The PCB confirmed the fixtures for the tournament on 8 January 2021.[17]

All times are in UTC+5 (PKT).

Playoffs
Preliminary Final
  22 March — Lahore
18 March — Lahore
1    
2        
     
 
20 March — Lahore
   
   
 
19 March — Lahore
3    
4    
 

Qualifier
18 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Eliminator 1
19 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Eliminator 2
20 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator 1

Final
22 March 2021
19:00 (N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier
v
Winner of Eliminator 2

References
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  2. Butt, Momin Mehmood (6 July 2020). "PCB guarantees PSL franchises that PSL 6 won't clash with T20 WC". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  3. Bilal, AIman (31 January 2020). "PSL Head Confirms About New PSL Teams in 2021". Research Snipers. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  4. "PCB unveils 2020-21 domestic season schedule that concludes with PSL 6". www.geosuper.tv. Geo Super TV. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. "PCB plans to add Peshawar as venue for PSL 2021". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  6. "PCB eyes lucrative deals after 'securing' windows for PSL editions". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  7. "Franchises complete retention, release and trade process ahead of HBL PSL 2021 Player Draft". Cricketworld. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  8. "Fizz named in PSL draft under 'Platinum' category". The Daily Star.
  9. "Hasan joins United, Lynn is a Sultan, Miller turns Zalmi, Rashid becomes Qalandar, Banton and Gayle are Gladiators". Pakistan Cricket Board.
  10. "'PSL matches could be played in Peshawar'". The Express Tribune. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  11. "PCB plans to add fifth venue in Peshawar for PSL 2021". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  12. "Development work delays mean Peshawar's PSL 2021 hopes hang in balance". www.geosuper.tv. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  13. Mirwani, Bimal (13 February 2020). "PSL 6 in 2021 to feature three new cities in Pakistan". Batting with Bimal. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  14. "Hayatabad Ground may host PSL VI matches". www.thenews.com.pk. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  15. "Peshawar, Quetta to again miss out on PSL 2021 matches, PCB confirms". GEO Super. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  16. "PSL 2021 to get underway on February 20: reports". Samaa TV. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  17. "HBL PSL 2021 schedule announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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