The third edition of Pakistan Premier League will start tonight at 11 pm (BST) with the match between the reigning champions – Peshawar Zalmi and the newly added franchise, Multan Sultan.
Six franchises will play a total of 30 matches in the league-round of this season which will be followed by three playoffs and the final.
The T20 league will end with the final match, scheduled to take place on March 25. All the group matches will be held in UAE whereas the last three matches, including the final, will take place in Pakistan.
Full Schedule:
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Date |
Matches |
Time (BST)[GMT+6] |
Venue |
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Thursday, February 22 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans |
11:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Friday, February 23 |
Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
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Saturday, February 24 |
Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
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Sunday, February 25 |
Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi |
10:00 pm |
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Monday, February 26 |
Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Wednesday, February 28 |
Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators |
10:00 pm |
Sharjah |
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Thursday, March 1 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi |
10:00 pm |
Sharjah |
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Friday, March 2 |
Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings |
5:30 pm |
Sharjah |
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Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United |
10:00 pm |
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Saturday, March 3 |
Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators |
5:30 pm |
Sharjah |
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Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
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Sunday, March 4 |
Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings |
10:00 pm |
Sharjah |
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Tuesday, March 6 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans |
10:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Wednesday, March 7 |
Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators |
10:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Thursday, March 8 |
Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators |
10:00 pm |
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Friday, March 9 |
Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United |
10:00 pm |
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Saturday, March 10 |
Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings |
5:30 pm |
Dubai |
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Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators |
10:00 pm |
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Sunday, March 11 |
Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Tuesday, March 13 |
Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United |
10:00 pm |
Sharjah |
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Wednesday, March 14 |
Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars |
10:00 pm |
Sharjah |
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Thursday, March 15 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings |
5:30 pm |
Sharjah |
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Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United |
10:00 pm |
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Friday, March 16 |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars |
5:30 pm |
Sharjah |
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Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings |
10:00 pm |
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Play-Offs |
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Sunday, March 18 |
Qualifier – Team 1 vs Team 2 |
10:00 pm |
Dubai |
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Tuesday, March 20 |
Eliminator 1 – Team 3 vs Team 4 |
8:00 pm |
Lahore |
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Wednesday, March 21 |
Eliminator 2 – Eliminator 1 Winner vs Qualifier Loser |
8:00 pm |
Lahore |
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Sunday, March 25 |
8:00 pm |
Karachi |
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Karachi Kings: Imad Wasim (c), Shahid Afridi, Usman Khan, Usama Mir, Khurram Manzoor, Ravi Bopara, Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Rizwan, Colin Ingram, Mitchell Johnson, Luke Wright, David Wiese, Tabish Khan, Mohammad Irfan Jnr., Hasan Mohsin.
Supplementary players: Colin Munro, Eoin Morgan, Saifullah Bangash.
Lahore Qalandars: Brendon McCullum (c), Umar Akmal, Sunil Narine, Fakhar Zaman, Yasir Shah, Cameron Delport, Aamer Yamin, Bilawal Bhatti, Sohail Khan, Chris Lynn, Mustafizur Rahman, Bilal Asif, Raza Hasan, Sohail Akhtar, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ghulam Mudassar.
Supplementary players: Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.
Islamabad United: Misbah ul Haq (c), Rumman Raees, Mohammad Sami, Andre Russell, Shadab Khan, Samuel Badree, Iftikhar Ahmed, Amad Butt, Asif Ali, JP Duminy, Luke Ronchi, Faheem Ashraf, Sam Billings, Zafar Gohar, Sahibzada Farhan, Hussain Talat.
Supplementary players: Alex Hales, David Willey, Mohammad Hasan, Mohammad Hasnain.
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfaraz Ahmed (c), Kevin Pietersen, Rilee Rossouw, Mohammad Nawaz, Anwar Ali, Mahmudullah, Umar Amin, Mir Hamza, Asad Shafiq, Shane Watson, Carlos Brathwaite, Rahat Ali, Rameez Raja jnr, Saad Ali, Saud Shakeel, Hassan Khan.
Supplementary players: Jason Roy, Rashid Khan, Azam Khan, Faraz Ahmed Khan.
Multan Sultans: Shoaib Malik (c), Kieron Pollard, Kumar Sangakkara, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood, Irfan Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Imran Tahir, Darren Bravo, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Abbas, Nic Pooran, Abdullah Shafiq, Saif Badar.
Supplementary players: Hardus Viljoen, Umar Gul, Umar Siddiq, Ross Whiteley.
Peshawar Zalmi: Darren Sammy (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Wahab Riaz, Shakib al Hasan, Kamran Akmal, Hasan Ali, Haris Sohail, Chris Jordan, Mohammad Asghar, Dwayne Bravo, Tamim Iqbal, Hammad Azam, Saad Nasim, Taimoor Sultan, Sameen Gul, Ibtisam Sheikh.
Supplementary players: Andre Fletcher, Evin Lewis, Khalid Usman, Mohammad Arif.
