The Cricketer runs via all the details beforehand of the beginning of the PSL, with Multan Sultans the reigning champions
What is it?
The Pakistan Super League is played among six teams: Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalanders, Multan Sultans, Peshawar Zalmi, and Quetta Gladiators.
When is it?
Matches will take location between January 27 and February 27, with 34 suits to be played.
What is the format?
The T20 opposition capabilities a round-robin organization stage, with teams facing each other twice, before the top facets compete in a qualifier with the winner going immediately into the final.
The 0.33 and fourth-positioned groups move into an eliminator, with the winner gambling the crew that misplaced the qualifier for the second one final berth.
Where is it?
The video games will be played throughout two stadiums in Pakistan, with 19 matches being held at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium and 15 at Karachi's National Stadium.
Who won it last 12 months?
Despite topping the table thru the round-robin phase, Islamabad United couldn't keep on their form to win the identity. Instead, Multan Sultans got here via for his or her first trophy.
They have been considered one of 4 groups to complete the institution level with 10 factors, however, had the excellent net run rate of the lot.
From there, they advanced, peaking in the final against Peshawar Zalmi, with half of-centuries for Sohaib Maqsood and Rilee Rossouw after Mohammad Rizwan - the format's main player in the global for 2021 - and Shan Masood had set a platform.
Islamabad United topped the league segment but did not make the final of closing 12 months' event (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Who's gambling for which team?
Islamabad United
Asif Ali, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Alex Hales, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Azam Khan, Paul Stirling, Colin Munro, Marchant de Lange, Muhammad Akhlaq, Reece Topley, Danish Aziz, Zafar Gohar, Mubasir Khan, M. Zeeshan, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ather Mehmood
Supplementary draft: Musa Khan, Zahir Khan
Partial replacement: Mohammad Huraira
Karachi Kings
Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Amir, Joe Clarke, Sharjeel Khan, Aamer Yamin, Mohammad Ilyas, Chris Jordan, Lewis Gregory, Umaid Asif, Tom Abell (injured, replaced via Ian Cockbain), Rohail Nazir, Muhammad Imran, Faisal Akram, Qasim Akram, Talha Ahsan, Romario Shepherd (unavailable, replaced through Tom Lammonby)
Supplementary round: Sahibzada Farhan, Jordan Thompson
Partial replacement: Mohammad Taha Khan
Lahore Qalandars
Shaheen Shah Afridi, Rashid Khan, David Wiese, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hafeez, Sohail Akhtar, Zeeshan Ashraf, Ahmed Daniyal, Fakhar Zaman, Phil Salt, Harry Brook, Abdullah Shafique, Kamran Ghulam, Dean Foxcroft, Zaman Khan, Maaz Khan, Samit Patel, Syed Faridoun
Supplementary round: Mohammad Imran Randhawa, Akif Javed
Partial replacement: Ben Dunk, Matthew Potts
Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Asif Afridi, Tim David, Imran Tahir, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Khushdil Shah, Muzarabani, Shahnawaz Dhani, Odean Smith, Rumman Raees, Anwar Ali, Rovman Powell, Imran Khan Sr., Abbas Afridi, Amir Azmat, Blessing Ihsanullah
Supplementary spherical: David Willey, Rizwan Hussain
Partial replacements: Johnson Charles, Dominic Drakes
Peshawar Zalmi
Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Saqib Mahmood, Sherfane Rutherford, Haider Ali, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Amir Khan, Hazratullah Zazai, Liam Livingstone, Salman Irshad, Arshad Iqbal, Sameen Gul, Kamran Akmal, Sirajuddin, Ben Cutting, Usman Qadir, Mohammad HarisTom Kohler-Cadmore,
Supplementary spherical: Mohammad Umer, Sohail Khan
Partial replacements: Matt Parkinson, Pat Brown
Quetta Gladiators
James Vince, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Ashar Qureshi, Mohammad Nawaz, Shahid Afridi, Noor Ahmad, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Ahsan Ali, Jason Roy, James Faulkner, Umar Akmal, Sohail Tanvir, Luke WoodBen Duckett, Khurram Shehzad, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Noor Ahmad,
Supplementary round: Ghulam Mudassar, Dan Lawrence
Partial replacements: Will Smeed, Ali Imran, Shimron Hetmyer
Karachi Kings have been champions in 2020 (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
Will lovers be accredited to watch?
Fully vaccinated people can be able to enter complete-capability stadiums.
Who are the bookies' favorites?
Karachi Kings: 10/3
Peshawar Zalmi: 7/2
Multan Sultans: four/1
Lahore Qalandars: 4/1
Quetta Gladiators: 9/2
Islamabad United: 9/2
Where can I watch it?
In Pakistan, video games might be on A Super and PTV Sports.
In the UK games could be proven on Sky Sports Cricket (Sky 404, Virgin 504).
In the Caribbean, Flow Sports keep the published rights, with Willow TV displaying the tournament in North America.
SuperSport will provide insurance in South Africa, whilst Sky Sport will show the fits in New Zealand.
The observation line-up consists of Nick Knight, David Gower, Mike Haysman, Pommie Mbangwa, Danny Morrison, Bazid Khan, Waqar Younis, Urooj Mumtaz, Sana Mir, Marina Iqbal, and Tariq Saeed. Erin Holland, Zainab Abbas, and Sikandar Bakht will present the live coverage of PSL
