The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 has its season opener on Saturday with reigning champs Lahore Qalandars competing against two-time winning Islamabad United at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The grand celebration of the league will occur in 34 matches held by six participants where three games will be playoffs and one game of the final in the ninth edition of Pakistan’s twenty-twenty cricket league.
On March 18, the PSL 2024 final which will be held at the National Stadium of Karachi is to be scheduled. The telecasting is also live streaming for all matches in India.
PSL 2024 Schedule
| Match | Teams | venue | Date | Time | Result |
| 1 | Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 17, 2024 | 7:30 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 18, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 3 | Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings | Multan Cricket Stadium | February 18, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 4 | Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 19, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 5 | Multan Sultans v Islamabad United | Multan Cricket Stadium | February 20, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 6 | Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 21, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 7 | Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United | Multan Cricket Stadium | February 21, 2024 | 02:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 8 | Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi | Multan Cricket Stadium | February 23, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 9 | Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 24, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 10 | Multan Sultans v Quetta Gladiators | Multan Cricket Stadium | February 25, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 11 | Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 25, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 12 | Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 26, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 13 | Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans | Gaddafi Stadium Lahore | February 27, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 14 | Karachi Kings v Islamabad United | National Bank Stadium | February 28, 2024 | 02:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 15 | Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators | National Bank Stadium | February 29, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 16 | Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 2, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 17 | Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 2, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 18 | Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans | National Bank Stadium | March 3, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 19 | Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 4, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 20 | Peshawar Zalmi v Multan Sultans | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 5, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 21 | Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 6, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 22 | Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 6, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 23 | Islamabad United v Karachi Kings | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 7, 2024 | 02:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 24 | Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 8, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 25 | Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars | National Bank Stadium | March 9, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 26 | Islamabad United v Multan Sultans | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | March 9, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 27 | Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars | National Bank Stadium | March 10, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 28 | Islamabad United v Multan Sultans | Pindi Cricket Stadium | March 10, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 29 | Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi | National Bank Stadium | March 11, 2024 | 02:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 30 | Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans | National Bank Stadium | March 12, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 31 | Qualifier (1 v 2) | National Bank Stadium | March 14, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 32 | Eliminator 1 (3 v 4) | National Bank Stadium | March 15, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 33 | Eliminator 2 (Eliminator Winner v Qualifier Runner-up) | National Bank Stadium | March 16, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played | ||||
| 34 | Final | National Bank Stadium | March 18, 2024 | 07:00 pm | Coming Soon |
| (Pak Time) | Not Played |
PSL 2024 Details
Each team will take part in the league stage of a double round-robin format, where each team will play their matches 10 times. The league stage winner will try its luck in the qualifier who will then proceed to the final. Two teams whereas the first and third place clubs in the league stage contest in one-loss eliminator one. The victor in the subsequent match has to creep past his/her opponent to the finals.
Last year, Lahore Qalandars, led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, the speedster of Pakistan, beat Mohammad Rizwan’s Multan Sultans by one run over the Multan Sultans. The Islamabad United and Lahore Qalandars have registered the most victories in the domestic league of Pakistan Super League Offering you every option are Babar Azam’s Peshawar Zalmi, Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans, and Quetta Gladiators which are providing a single victory.
After PSL 2024, the members of the Pakistan national cricket team take the field for a four-match T20I series being played while in the United Kingdom. The Pakistan team will take part in several international tournaments, including The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June.
PSL 9 Venues
The PSL 9 fixtures comprise 34 matches which include the PSL play-offs and the grand finale, with the initial phase of the competition starting from February 17. The tournament is slated to be played in 4 different places such as.
The fixtures of PSL 2024 announce the date of the final as 18th March in Karachi while the play-offs would be there in Karachi as well.
The teams will play home and away games, each of the teams getting a chance to host and play as a guest. United Islamabad, along with the Peshawar Zalmis, will play their home games in Rawalpindi. Karachi and Quetta have opted to make their home matches happen at Karachi whereas Multan has been allocated at Multan and Lahore will be playing at Gadaffi Stadium in Lahore.
As per the PSL ’24 schedule, the city of Karachi is all set to host the highest number of matches with a total of 11 matches Lahore with nine Rawalpindi with nine as well to showcase the diversity of the country and Multan will be the host of five matches.
The matchups that will be the most thrilling in PSL 2024 are the rivalry of Lahore and Karachi and the game played between Quetta and Peshawar. Multan Sultans will have a score to settle with Lahore as their late two defeats in the PSL finals are remembered with a frown. It will also send a message to everyone that Islamabad is out to set things right and beat Lahore after losing twice in the group stages.
PSL 2024 Match Timings
The matches are expected to be played during the night with some days being double headers which will include day matches as well with the day matches set to begin at 3:The clans are in the start line by 3:00 PM local time and night matches will kick off at 7:00 PM Pakistani Time.
Official Website www.psl-t20.com
Lahore Qalandars PSL 2024 Full Squad
Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, David Wiese, Sikandar Raza, Abdullah Shafique, Zaman Khan, Mirza Tahir Baig, Rashid Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Rassie van der Dussen, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Imran Jr, Ahsan Bhatti, Dan Lawrence, Jahandad Khan, Syed Faridoun Mahmood, Shai Hope, Kamran Ghulam
Islamabad United
Shadab Khan, Naseem Shah, Imad Wasim, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Alex Hales, Colin Munro, Rumman Raees, Tymal Mills, Matthew Forde*, Salman Agha, Qasim Akram, Shahab Khan, Hunain Shah, Ubaid Shah, Shamyl Hussain, Tom Curran*, Jordan Cox, Haider Ali, Obed McCoy
Karachi Kings
James Vince*, Hassan Ali, Shan Masood, Shoaib Malik, Tabraiz Shamsi*, Mir Hamza, Muhammad Akhlaq, Irfan Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Kieron Pollard, Daniel Sams, Tim Seifert*, Mohammad Amir Khan, Anwar Ali, Arafat Minhas, Sirajuddin, Saad Baig, Jamie Overton*, Kieron Pollard*, Leus du Plooy, Mohammad Rohid
Multan Sultans
Mohammad Rizwan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah*, Faisal Akram, Dawid Malan, Reeza Hendricks, Reece Topley*, Tayyab Tahir, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mohammad Ali, Usman Khan, Yasir Khan, Chris Jordan, Aftab Ibrahim, David Willey, Johnson Charles, Muhammad Shahzad
Peshawar Zalmi
Babar Azam, Rovman Powell, Saim Ayub, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Khurram Shahzad*, Haseebullah Khan, Asif Ali, Naveen-ul-Haq*, Umair Afridi, Dan Mousley, Gus Atkinson, Mohammad Zeeshan, Mehran Mumtaz, Noor Ahmad*, Salman Irshad, Arif Yaqoob, Luke Wood, Lungi Ngidi*
Quetta Gladiators
Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Wasim, Jason Roy, Wanindu Hasaranga*, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir, Will Smeed, Saud Shakeel, Sajjad Ali, Usman Qadir, Adil Naz, Khawaja Nafay, Akeal Hosein*, Sohail Khan, Omair Yousuf, Sherfane Rutherford, Sufiyan Muqeem
