Dates | 17 February – 18 March 2024 [1] |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Pakistan |
Champions | Islamabad United (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Multan Sultans |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 34 |
Player of the series | Shadab Khan (IU) (305 runs & 14 wickets) |
Most runs | Babar Azam (PZ) (569) |
Most wickets | Usama Mir (MS) (24) |
Official website | psl-t20.com |
The 2024 Pakistan Super League (referred to as HBL PSL 9 for sponsorship reasons) was the ninth season of the Pakistan Super League. Established by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015 as a franchise Twenty20 cricket league, it was played between six teams in a double round robin and page playoff system. The season took place across four cities in Pakistan from 17 February to 18 March 2024.
The Lahore Qalandars, the two times defending champions, were eliminated in the group stage with last position. In the final, Islamabad United defeated Multan Sultans by 2 wickets, becoming first team to win the third title. A Sports was the official broadcaster for the season. Babar Azam and Usama Mir respectively achieved the awards for most runs and most wickets, while Shadab Khan was entitled Player of the Tournament.
As the 2024 Pakistani general election and Ramadan 1445 AH were approaching, the Pakistan Cricket Board was concerned about the tournament. While they were planning to introduce two more teams into the league, they wanted to shift the tournament to the United Arab Emirates. However, the franchise owners opposed these plans citing the financial reasons. [2] [3] [4] There were proposals for the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar to host the matches but these did not succeed due to security issues. [5] On 6 February 2024, Mohsin Raza Naqvi was elected as the PCB chairman, who also took the responsibility to supervise the preparations for the tournament. [6] [7]
The squads were finalized with the draft in Lahore on 13 December 2023, six days after the franchises announced their retained players. [8] [9] A supplementary and replacement draft took place on 29 January 2024. [10] [11]
The PCB announced the venues and fixtures on 12 January 2024. [26] [27] The tournament took place across four cities; Karachi, Lahore, Multan and Rawalpindi. [28] [29]
City | Lahore | Multan | Karachi | Rawalpindi |
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Stadium | Gaddafi Stadium | Multan Cricket Stadium | National Stadium | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
Matches | 9 | 5 | 11 | 9 |
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Capacity | 27,000 [30] [31] | 30,000 [32] [33] | 32,000 [34] [35] | 15,000 [36] [37] |
On 12 February 2024, the PCB announced the list of officials for league stage matches which included 4 members of Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. [38]
The season's logo variant was revealed on 8 December 2023 with the nomenclature as HBL PSL 9, [a] or hashtag #HBLPSL9, [39] because HBL Pakistan has been its titular sponsor since the league's first season. [40] The title anthem "Khul Ke Khel" features Ali Zafar and Aima Baig. [41]
The season's trophy, named Orion, was unveiled on 13 February 2024 at Polo Ground, Jilani Park, Lahore. It was made by Lahore-based Mahfooz Jewellers. [42] [43]
Since previous rights concluded after a two-year run, a public merit-based tender for the broadcast and streaming rights was opened on 9 January 2024 for the next two years. ARY Digital Network renewed the broadcast rights with a 45 percent increased bid, and Walee Technologies won the streaming rights with a 113 percent increased bid. [b] [47] [48] While PCB revealed a list of global broadcasters on 16 February, this is the first season which PTV Sports would not broadcast due to not winning the tender. [49] [50]
Ramiz Raja returned this year among seven commentators from Pakistan, and Michael Clarke debuted among eight international commentators. Zainab Abbas and Erin Holland presented the season. [51] [52]
The breast cancer awareness day and the childhood cancer awareness day were observed on 5 and 12 March respectively, with the stadiums themed with the pink ribbon and golden ribbon respectively. [53] [54]
Each team played every other team twice in a double round robin format, with the top four teams in the points table advancing to the playoffs. [55]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Multan Sultans (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.150 |
2 | Peshawar Zalmi (3rd) | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 0.147 |
3 | Islamabad United (C) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 0.224 |
4 | Quetta Gladiators (4th) | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 11 | −0.921 |
5 | Karachi Kings | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.192 |
6 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | −0.554 |
The four top-ranked teams qualified for the Playoffs.
Advanced to Qualifier
Advanced to Eliminator 1
Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||
Islamabad United | Islamabad 5 wickets | Lahore 17 runs | Islamabad 3 wickets | Islamabad 29 runs | Match abandoned | |
Karachi Kings | Islamabad 7 wickets | Karachi 3 wickets | Multan 20 runs | Peshawar 2 runs | Quetta 5 wickets | |
Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad 8 wickets | Karachi 2 wickets | Multan 60 runs | Peshawar 8 runs | Quetta 5 wickets | |
Multan Sultans | Multan 5 wickets | Multan 55 runs | Multan 5 wickets | Peshawar 5 runs | Multan 13 runs | |
Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar 8 runs | Karachi 7 wickets | Match abandoned | Peshawar 4 runs | Peshawar 76 runs | |
Quetta Gladiators | Quetta 3 wickets | Karachi 7 wickets | Quetta 6 wickets | Multan 79 runs | Quetta 16 runs |
Home team won | Visitor team won |
Team | Group matches | Playoffs | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | E1/Q | E2 | F | |
Islamabad United | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | W | W | W |
Karachi Kings | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||
Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
Multan Sultans | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | W | L | |
Peshawar Zalmi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | L | L | |
Quetta Gladiators | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | L |
Win | Loss | No result |
The PCB announced the fixtures on 12 January 2024. [28] [56]
(H) Lahore Qalandars 195/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 200/2 (18.2 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators 206/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 190/6 (20 overs) |
(H) Multan Sultans 185/2 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 130/8 (20 overs) |
(H) Lahore Qalandars 187/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 188/5 (19.1 overs) |
Islamabad United 144 (20 overs) | v | (H) Multan Sultans 145/5 (19.5 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 154 (19.5 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 157/3 (16.5 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars 166/5 (20 overs) | v | (H) Multan Sultans 170/5 (19 overs) |
Islamabad United 138/9 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 139/7 (18.2 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 179/8 (20 overs) | v | (H) Multan Sultans 174 (20 overs) |
(H) Lahore Qalandars 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 176/8 (20 overs) |
(H) Multan Sultans 180/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 167/9 (20 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 211/4 (20 overs) | v | (H) Lahore Qalandars 203/6 (20 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 201/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 193/9 (20 overs) |
Multan Sultans 214/4 (20 overs) | v | (H) Lahore Qalandars 154 (17 overs) |
(H) Karachi Kings 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 169/3 (18.3 overs) |
(H) Karachi Kings 165/8 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 169/5 (20 overs) |
Multan Sultans 189/3 (20 overs) | v | (H) Karachi Kings 169/7 (20 overs) |
(H) Islamabad United 196/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 167/9 (20 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 204/5 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 200/5 (20 overs) |
Quetta Gladiators 118 (19.1 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 121/3 (15.3 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars 162/7 (20 overs) | v | (H) Islamabad United 145 (18.5 overs) |
Karachi Kings 150/7 (20 overs) | v | (H) Islamabad United 151/5 (18.4 overs) |
(H) Peshawar Zalmi 196/8 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 120 (17.5 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars 177/5 (20 overs) | v | (H) Karachi Kings 179/7 (20 overs) |
James Vince 42 (27) Tayyab Abbas 2/23 (3 overs) |
Multan Sultans 228/4 (20 overs) | v | (H) Islamabad United 232/7 (20 overs) |
Lahore Qalandars 166/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 169/4 (20 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 147/6 (20 overs) | v | (H) Karachi Kings 145/5 (20 overs) |
Multan Sultans 185/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 106 (15.5 overs) |
Qualifier | Eliminator 2 | Final | |||||||||||
14 March — Karachi | 18 March — Karachi | ||||||||||||
2 | Peshawar Zalmi | 146/7 (20 overs) | 1 | Multan Sultans | 159/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||
1 | Multan Sultans | 147/3 (18.3 overs) | 16 March — Karachi | 3 | Islamabad United | 163/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
2 | Peshawar Zalmi | 185/5 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Eliminator 1 | 3 | Islamabad United | 189/5 (19 overs) | ||||||||||
15 March — Karachi | |||||||||||||
3 | Islamabad United | 174/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Quetta Gladiators | 135 (18.4 overs) | |||||||||||
Peshawar Zalmi 146/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 147/3 (18.3 overs) |
Islamabad United 174/9 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 135 (18.4 overs) |
Peshawar Zalmi 185/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 189/5 (19 overs) |
Multan Sultans 159/9 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 163/8 (20 overs) |
Player | Team | Inns | Runs | HS | Ave |
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Babar Azam | Peshawar Zalmi | 11 | 569 | 111* | 56.90 |
Usman Khan | Multan Sultans | 7 | 430 | 106* | 107.50 |
Mohammad Rizwan | Multan Sultans | 12 | 407 | 82 | 33.91 |
Rassie van der Dussen | Lahore Qalandars | 7 | 364 | 104* | 72.80 |
Saim Ayub | Peshawar Zalmi | 11 | 345 | 88 | 31.36 |
Player | Team | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Ave |
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Usama Mir | Multan Sultans | 11 | 24 | 6/40 | 15.66 |
Mohammad Ali | Multan Sultans | 11 | 18 | 3/19 | 18.17 |
Abrar Ahmed | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 16 | 3/18 | 19.56 |
Akeal Hosein | Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 15 | 4/23 | 20.53 |
Naseem Shah | Islamabad United | 10 | 15 | 3/30 | 20.53 |
The winner and the runner-up teams were awarded with Rs. 14 crore and Rs. 5.6 crore respectively. Babar Azam and Usama Mir were presented with the Hanif Mohammad and Fazal Mahmood caps respectively with a complete installation of 6kW solar system for each. While Shadab Khan received Rs. 30 lakh for being Player of the Tournament, the other awards included Rs. 35 lakh cash prizes. [72] [73] [c]
Name | Team | Award |
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Shadab Khan | Islamabad United | Player of the Tournament |
Usman Khan | Multan Sultans | Batsman of the tournament |
Usama Mir | Multan Sultans | Bowler of the tournament |
Saim Ayub | Peshawar Zalmi | All-rounder of the tournament |
Azam Khan | Islamabad United | Wicket-keeper of the tournament |
Irfan Khan | Karachi Kings | Fielder of the tournament |
Emerging player of the tournament | ||
Asif Yaqoob | — | Umpire of the tournament |
— | Peshawar Zalmi | Spirit of cricket |
The team of the tournament was announced soon afterwards, with Shadab Khan as the captain and Mohammad Rizwan as the 12th player. [75]
Players |
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Since KFC Pakistan was announced as a snack partner for the tournament on 17 February, people started criticizing the PCB in spite of allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza, and hashtag #BoycottPSL became a social trending topic due to the original KFC's parent company Yum! Brands' affiliation with Pro-Israeli stances during the ongoing war. [76] [77] Afterwards, the spectators also complained that they were barred to carry the Pro-Palestinian banners in the stadium. [78]
In another incident, fans were arrested for chanting slogans in support of Imran Khan during the matches. [79] [80] This was notable because Imran Khan, a former cricketer, former prime minister, and a prominent political leader, was in jail at that time, [81] and referring to him was prohibited on Pakistani television and media. [82]
Hawk-Eye, the technology used for the Decision Review System (DRS) in cricket, made a human error during the match between Quetta Gladiators and Islamabad United. Inaccurate ball tracking data resulted in incorrect results, causing frustration among players and fans alike. [83]
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