Pakistan Super League is a professional Twenty20 cricket league, which is operated by Pakistan Cricket Board. It is contested between six franchises comprising cricketers from Pakistan and around the world.
The musical anthems for the league have been released to promote the tournament in media, and anthems for every team to promote their tournament performances. [1] [2]
Season | Title | Release | Artists | Writer | Sponsor |
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2016 | "Ab Khel Ke Dikha" | Audio: 20 September 2015 Video: 4 February 2016 | Ali Zafar | HBL Pakistan | |
2017 | "Ab Khel Jamay Ga" | Audio: 1 January 2017 Video: 30 January 2017 | |||
2018 | "Dil Se Jaan Laga De" | 28 January 2018 | |||
2019 | "Khel Deewano Ka" | 18 January 2019 | Fawad Khan ft. Young Desi | Shuja Haider | |
2020 | "Tayyar Hain" | 28 January 2020 | Ali Azmat, Haroon, Asim Azhar, Arif Lohar | Xulfi | Pepsi |
2021 | "Groove Mera" | 6 February 2021 | Aima Baig, Naseebo Lal, Young Stunners | Lyrics by Adnan Dhool, Composed by Xulfi | |
2022 | "Agay Dekh" | 24 January 2022 | Atif Aslam, Aima Baig | Abdullah Siddiqui, Natasha Noorani | TikTok |
2023 | "Sab Sitaray Humaray" | 11 February 2023 | Asim Azhar, Shae Gill, Faris Shafi | Asim Azhar, Faris Shah, Hassan Ali | |
2024 | "Khul Ke Khel" | 14 February 2024 | Ali Zafar, Aima Baig | Ali Zafar |
Season | Title | Release | Singer |
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2017 | "De Maar Saare Char (Ballay Ballay)" | 30 January 2017 | Shehzad Roy |
2018 | "Lo Phir Say Miley" | 28 January 2018 |
No. | Title | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Groove Mera" | Aima Baig, Naseebo Lal, Young Stunners | 3:02 |
2. | "Googly" | Maanu and Rozeo | 3:00 |
3. | "Laibo" | Lyari Underground | 3:26 |
4. | "Baazi Paltay Gi Yahaan" | Janoobi Khargosh | 3:10 |
5. | "6ixer" | Talal Qureshi | 3:04 |
6. | "Maidaan" | Khumariyaan | 2:33 |
Total length: | 18:15 |
Season | Title | Release | Singer | Music | Lyrics |
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2016 | "Chakka Choka" | 30 January 2016 [4] | Ali Zafar | ||
2017 | "Cricket Jorray Pakistan" | 27 January 2017 | Momina Mustehsan | ||
"Jeet Ho Ya Haar" | 2 February 2017 | Zoha Zuberi | Ahmad Mehdi | ||
"Kitna Rola Daalay Ga" | 18 February 2017 | Abdullah Qureshi | Xulfi | Sami Khan and Xulfi | |
2020 | "Rang Jeet Ka Laal Hai" | 19 February 2020 [5] | Soch the Band | Adnan Dhool & Rabi Ahamed | Adnan Dhool & Asim Raza |
2022 | "Trophy Idhar Rakh" | 29 January 2022 [6] | Adnan Dhool and Talha Anjum | Adnan Dhool, Rabi Ahmed (Soch the Band) | Adnan Dhool and Asfandyar Effendi |
2023 | "Next Level Shahzaday" | 25 February 2023 |
Season | Title | Release | Singer | Notes | Label |
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2016 | "Dilon Ke Hum Hain Badshah" | 8 January 2016 [7] | Ali Azmat | Composed by Shahbaz Ali (Shabi) | ARY Films |
2017 | "Dhan Dhana Dhan Hoga Re" | 3 February 2017 [8] | Shehzad Roy | Composed by Naqash Haider | |
2018 | "De Dhana Dhan" | 7 February 2018 [9] | |||
2019 | "De Dhana Dhan" (Remix) | 13 February 2019 [10] | |||
2020 | "Ye Hai Karachi" | 20 February 2020 [11] | Asim Azhar | Lyrics by Sabir Zafar | |
2022 | "Ye Hai Karachi" (version 2) | 30 January 2022 [12] | Asim Azhar, Talhah Yunus | Sabir Zafar, Talhah Yunus, Asim Azhar | |
2023 | "Ye Hai Karachi" (version 3) | 13 February 2023 [13] | Asim Azhar & Ali Azmat ft. Raamis Ali | Written by Raamis Ali, Asim Azhar & Hassan Ali |
Season | Title | Release | Singer |
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2016 | "Dama Dam Mast" | 3 January 2016 [14] | Asrar |
"Mast Qalandar" | Nabeel Shaukat Ali | ||
2017 | "Qalandar Arahay Hain" | 3 February 2017 [15] | Shafqat Amanat Ali |
"Pappu Yaar" | 12 February 2017 [16] | Junoon (from album Dewaar ) | |
2018 | "Lahore Qalandar Mast" | 19 February 2018 [17] | Fawad Rana |
2021 | "Bol Qalandar" | 19 February 2021 [18] | Abrar ul Haq |
2023 | "Qalandar Hum" | 9 February 2023 [19] | J Ali |
Season | Title | Release | Singer(s) | Music | Lyrics |
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2018 | "Cricket Kay Toofan" | 22 September 2017 [20] | |||
"Hum Hain Multan Kay Sultans" | 21 February 2018 [21] | Waqar Ehsin | Sarang Latif, Waqar Ehsin | Zartash Rajput | |
2019 | "Let's Play Saeen" | 4 February 2019 [22] | Farrukh Malik ft. Janoob ki Awaam | SomeWhatSuper | |
"Waqt-E-Janoob" | 13 February 2019 [23] | Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi | |||
2021 | "Tak Meday Sohna" | 26 February 2021 [24] | Adnan Dhool, Quratulain Balouch | Soch the band, Xulfi | Asim Raza |
2024 | "Sultanat (Sultans in the House)" | 16 February 2023 | Maanu, Natasha Noorani, Talal Qureshi [25] |
Season | Title | Release | Artist(s) | Music | Lyrics | Notes |
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2016 | "Peshawar Zalmi" (Urdu) | 2 February 2016 [26] | Arbaz Khan and Zohaib Amjab | Arbaz Khan | Beyond Records | |
"Peshawar Zalmi" (Pashto) | Gul Panra, Hamayoon Khan, Zeek Afridi and Bakhtiar Khattak | Ivan Shafiq | Hamayoon Khan | |||
"Meena" | Gul Panra and Irfan Khan | Hamayoon Khan | ||||
"Moonga Zu" | Hamayoon Khan | Waqar Shafi | ||||
"Taroon" | Zeek Afridi | |||||
"Zwangeer" (Instrumental) | Khumariyaan (band) | Sarmad Ghafoor | ||||
"Shamlay" | Bakhtiar Khattak | Ziyad Khan and Hamayoon Khan | Jafar Khan Jafar | |||
2017 | "Main Zalmi Hoon" | 15 February 2017 [27] | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Sahir Ali Bagga | Shahabuddin Shahab | |
"Zalmi Tarana" | Zeek Afridi and Hadiqa Kiani | Mujtaba Ali Choni | Asim Raza and Laiq Zada Laiq | |||
"Peshawar Zalmi" (Urdu) | Arbaz Khan and Imran Aziz Mian | Arbaz Khan | ||||
"Peshawar Zalmi" (Pashto) | ||||||
"Aye Aye" | ||||||
2018 | "Zalmi Zalmi" | 11 February 2018 [28] [29] | Maz Bonafide | Kam Frantic | Omar Malik | [30] |
"Yellow Storm" | Maz Bonafide | |||||
"Hum Zalmi" | 14 February 2018 [31] [32] | Call ft. Leo Twins | Xulfi | Beyond Records | ||
2019 | "Zalmi Da Pekhawar" | 13 February 2019 [33] | Zeek Afridi ft. Gul Panra | Ivon Shafiq | Laiq Zada Laiq | No Limit Communication |
2020 | "We are Peshawar Zalmi" | 16 February 2020 [34] | Fortitude Pukhtoon Core | Webster Beats – Shumail Alam Khan | Fortitude Pukhtoon Core | Zalmi TV |
2021 | "Kingdom" | 19 February 2021 [35] | Abdullah Siddiqui ft. Altamash Server | |||
"Shamla" | 25 February 2021 [36] | Gul Panra | Khumariyaan | Laiq Zada Laiq | ||
2022 | "Aaya Zalmi" | 28 January 2022 [37] | Zarsanga, Sunny Khan Durrani, Zoha Zuberi, Tayyab Rehman and Zara Madani | Ali Mustafa | Zoha Zuberi, Khan Durrani, Rehman Gul | |
"Har Qadam Hai Zalmi" | 3 February 2022 [38] | Farhan Saeed ft. Fortitude Pukhtoon Core | ||||
2023 | "Zalmi Azmari" | 12 February 2023 | Jaam Boys (Junaid Kamran Siddique & Arsalan Shah) | Wajdan Khattak, Laiq Zada Laiq | ||
"Zalmi Raalal" | 17 February 2023 | Zahoor, Bilaal Avaz, Altamash Sever Butt | Zahoor, Naughty Boy, Khumariyaan | Zahoor, Asfand Yar Wali Khan, Bilaal Avaz | [39] | |
2024 | "Zalmi Awaaz" | 14 February 2024 | Raheem Shah | Yammy Studio | Shahab Uddin Shahab | [40] |
"Zalmi Yama" | 16 February 2024 | Nehaal Naseem, Zahoor, Abdullah Siddiqui | Abdullah Siddiqui, Zahoor, Asfandyar Asad | [41] |
Season | Title | Release | Singer(s) | Music | Lyrics |
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2016 | "Kai Kai Quetta" | 13 January 2016 | Faakhir Mehmood and Faheem Allan Fakir | Faakhir | |
"Balla Ghumaye Jaa" | 20 January 2016 | Asrar and Akhtar Chanal Zahri | |||
"Quetta Gladiators" | 14 February 2016 | Desi Brits | GM Shah | ||
2017 | "Kai Kai Quetta" | 15 February 2017 [42] | Faakhir Mehmood ft. Sarfaraz Ahmed | Faakhir | |
2018 | "Aa Gae Shaan Se Hum" | 5 March 2018 [43] | Faakhir Mehmood and Aima Baig | ||
"Quetta Kai Kai" | 20 March 2018 [44] | Badnaam | |||
2019 | "Quetta Quetta" | 3 February 2019 [45] | Young Stunners ft. Abid Brohi | ||
"Kai Kai Kai Kai" | 13 February 2019 [46] | Badnaam (band) | |||
"We the Gladiators" | 10 March 2019 [47] | DJ Bravo ft. team and management | |||
2021 | "Aar Ya Paar" | 19 February 2021 [48] | RAAMIS | ||
2022 | "Shan-e-Pakistan" | 22 January 2022 [49] | Bilal Maqsood and Ahmed Murtaza | ||
2023 | "We're the Champions" | 20 February 2023 | DJ Bravo |
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