2018 Pakistan Super League




































































Pakistan Super League 2018
Dates 22 February–25 March 2018
Administrator(s) Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s)
Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)
 United Arab Emirates
 Pakistan
Champions
Islamabad United (2nd title)
Runners-up
Peshawar Zalmi
Participants 6
Matches played 34
Attendance 398,765 (11,728 per match)
Player of the series
New Zealand Luke Ronchi (IU) (435 runs)
Most runs
New Zealand Luke Ronchi (IU) (435 runs)
Most wickets
Pakistan Faheem Ashraf (IU)
Pakistan Wahab Riaz (PZ) (18 wickets)
Official website psl-t20.com

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2018 Pakistan Super League (also known as PSL 3[1] or for sponsorship reasons, HBL PSL 2018) was the third season of the Pakistan Super League, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2015. It featured six teams, which was the first expansion of the league since its formation.[2][3] The group stage took place in the United Arab Emirates, with two playoff matches played in Lahore and the final at the National Stadium, Karachi. The tickets for the final were sold out within three hours.


In the championship game, inaugural champions Islamabad United defeated defending champions Peshawar Zalmi by 3 wickets in Karachi to win the title for a record second time. Luke Ronchi of Islamabad United was named the Man of the Match of the Final, as well as the player of the tournament and the leading run scorer with a total of 435 runs in the tournament. Faheem Ashraf of Islamabad United was awarded the leading wicket taker award although he tied with Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 18 wickets.




Contents






  • 1 Ceremonies


    • 1.1 Opening ceremony


    • 1.2 Closing ceremony




  • 2 Teams and squads


  • 3 Officials


  • 4 Venues


  • 5 Promotion in media


  • 6 Format


    • 6.1 Points table




  • 7 League stage


    • 7.1 Summary


    • 7.2 League progression


    • 7.3 Fixtures




  • 8 Playoffs


    • 8.1 Preliminary


      • 8.1.1 Qualifier 1


      • 8.1.2 Eliminator


      • 8.1.3 Qualifier 2




    • 8.2 Final




  • 9 Awards and statistics


    • 9.1 Most runs


    • 9.2 Most wickets




  • 10 See also


  • 11 Notes


  • 12 References


  • 13 External links





Ceremonies



Opening ceremony


American pop singer Jason Derulo featured alongside Pakistani veterans including Abida Parveen, Ali Zafar and Shehzad Roy in the performance at opening ceremony in Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 22 February. Hareem Farooq and Bilal Ashraf were the hosts of the ceremony. The ceremony also featured Pakistani Sachal Orchestra and firework display.[4] Teaser of Zafar's first Pakistani film Teefa in Trouble was also released.[5][6]



Closing ceremony


Closing ceremony took place at National Stadium, Karachi on 25 March ahead of the final. The ceremony was hosted by Bilal Ashraf. Pakistani singers Ali Zafar, Shehzad Roy, Strings, Aima Baig and Farhan Saeed performed live in front of 33,000 people in the stadium.[7][8][9]



Teams and squads



The 2018 PSL features six team franchises, with five teams which also appeared in previous seasons; and a new team based in Multan.


The player draft for the 2018 season was held in Lahore on 12 November 2017. 501 players, including both Pakistani and international players, were divided into five different categories. Each franchise was allowed to pick a maximum of seven foreign players in their squads, which could have a maximum of 21 members.[10][11][12]




















Islamabad United

Karachi Kings

Lahore Qalandars

Multan Sultans

Peshawar Zalmi

Quetta Gladiators



  • Misbah-ul-Haq (c)

  • Iftikhar Ahmed

  • Asif Ali

  • Fahim Ashraf

  • Samuel Badree

  • Sam Billings

  • Amad Butt


  • JP Duminy(vc)

  • Sahibzada Farhan

  • Steven Finn

  • Zafar Gohar

  • Alex Hales

  • Mohammad Hasnain

  • Mohammad Hassan

  • Shadab Khan

  • Rohail Nazir

  • Samit Patel

  • Rumman Raees

  • Luke Ronchi

  • Andre Russell

  • Mohammad Sami

  • Hussain Talat

  • Chadwick Walton





  • Imad Wasim (c)

  • Shahid Afridi

  • Mohammad Amir

  • Babar Azam

  • Danish Aziz

  • Saifullah Bangash

  • Ravi Bopara

  • Joe Denly

  • Colin Ingram

  • Mohammad Irfan

  • Mitchell Johnson

  • Tabish Khan

  • Usman Khan

  • Khurram Manzoor

  • Tymal Mills

  • Usama Mir

  • Hasan Mohsin

  • Mukhtar Ahmed

  • Mohammad Rizwan

  • Lendl Simmons

  • Mohammad Taha

  • David Wiese





  • Brendon McCullum(c)


  • Fakhar Zaman (vc)

  • Kyle Abbott

  • Shaheen Afridi

  • Sohail Akhtar

  • Umar Akmal

  • Bilal Asif

  • Bilawal Bhatti

  • Anton Devcich

  • Salman Irshad

  • Imran Khan

  • Sohail Khan

  • Angelo Mathews

  • Mitchell McClenaghan

  • Ghulam Mudassar

  • Sunil Narine

  • Mustafizur Rahman

  • Gulraiz Sadaf

  • Agha Salman

  • Yasir Shah

  • Aamer Yamin





  • Shoaib Malik (c)

  • Mohammad Abbas

  • Saif Badar

  • Kashif Bhatti


  • Nicholas Pooran (wk)

  • Darren Bravo

  • Umar Gul

  • Mohammad Irfan

  • Chrisgayie

  • Junaid Khan

  • Zahir Khan

  • Sohaib Maqsood

  • Shan Masood

  • Kieron Pollard


  • Kumar Sangakkara (wk)

  • Abdullah Shafique

  • Ahmed Shehzad

  • Umar Siddiq

  • Imran Tahir

  • Hardus Viljoen

  • Ross Whiteley





  • Darren Sammy (c)


  • Kamran Akmal (wk)

  • Hasan Ali

  • Mohammad Asghar

  • Umaid Asif

  • Hammad Azam

  • Liam Dawson


  • Andre Fletcher (wk)

  • Sameen Gul


  • Mohammad Hafeez (vc)

  • Shakib Al Hasan

  • Tamim Iqbal

  • Chris Jordan

  • Saad Nasim

  • Sabbir Rahman

  • Wahab Riaz

  • Khushdil Shah

  • Ibtisam Sheikh

  • Dwayne Smith

  • Haris Sohail

  • Taimur Sultan

  • Khalid Usman


  • Riki Wessels (wk)

  • Mohammad Arif





  • Sarfraz Ahmed (c)


  • Asad Shafiq (vc)

  • Faraz Ahmed

  • Anwar Ali

  • Rahat Ali

  • Umar Amin

  • Jofra Archer

  • Carlos Brathwaite

  • Chris Green

  • Mir Hamza

  • John Hastings

  • Thisara Perera

  • Hasan Khan

  • Ben Laughlin

  • Rashid Khan

  • Mohammad Nawaz

  • Azam Khan

  • Kevin Pietersen

  • Rameez Raja

  • Rilee Rossouw

  • Jason Roy

  • Saud Shakeel

  • Shane Watson

  • Mohammad Junaid




Officials


Eight umpires and two match referees were included in the officials panel for the tournament. Aleem Dar, Ranmore Martinesz and Tim Robinson will stand in matches during the tournament. Pakistani umpires Ahmed Shahab, Shozab Raza, Rashid Riaz, Khalid Mehmood and Asif Yaqoob will be part of the panel as well. The match referees panel consists of former Sri Lankan ICC match referee
Roshan Mahanama and Pakistani match referee Mohammad Anees.



Venues


Similar to 2016 and 2017 seasons, most of the matches of 2018 season were played in UAE. However, the playoffs and final took place in Pakistan; they were played in Lahore and Karachi.[13] Each foreign cricketer who played PSL matches in the country was paid extra US$10,000 for each of these matches.[14][15][16][17]


The International Cricket Council security team visited National Stadium, Karachi, on 23 October, to ensure its condition.[18][19][20] So, chairman PCB Najam Sethi said on 22 November that the renovation of stadium will be completed in February 2018, to host PSL Final. The tickets for final Match was sold out within 3 hours.[21]





































United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates

Pakistan Pakistan

Dubai

Sharjah

Lahore

Karachi

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium

Gaddafi Stadium

National Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
Capacity: 15,000
Capacity: 27,000
Capacity: 34,228

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2018 Pakistan Super League is located in United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Dubai



Sharjah

Sharjah





2018 Pakistan Super League is located in Pakistan

Lahore

Lahore



Karachi

Karachi






Promotion in media


The league has been promoted on social media by hashtag #HBLPSL 2018, due to its three-year contract (2016–18) with HBL Pakistan for title sponsorship.[1] Also, the six teams are promoted by #AbKhel6Ka.[22] It has also been promoted by #DilSeJaanLagaDe, the hashtag for the league's official anthem by Ali Zafar.[23][24]



Format



Points table










































































Team

P

W

L

T

NR

Pts

NRR

Islamabad United (W)
10 6 3 0 0 14 +0.296

Karachi Kings (3rd)
10 5 4 0 1 11 +0.028

Peshawar Zalmi (RU)
10 5 5 0 0 10 +0.464

Quetta Gladiators (4th)
10 5 5 0 0 10 +0.312


Multan Sultans
10 4 5 0 1 9 -0.191

Lahore Qalandars
10 3 6 0 0 6 -0.931


  • Source: Espncricinfo

  • The top 4 teams will qualify for the playoffs


  •      Advanced to Qualifier 1


  •      Advanced to Eliminator



League stage


The league stage of the tournament will run from 22 February to 16 March 2018.[25]



Summary





































































Visitor team →
IU

KK

LQ

MS

PZ

QG
Home team ↓
Islamabad United
Islamabad
8 wickets

Islamabad
6 wickets

Islamabad
33 runs

Peshawar
34 runs

Quetta
6 wickets
Karachi Kings
Karachi
7 wickets

Karachi
27 runs

Karachi
63 runs

Peshawar
44 runs

Karachi
19 runs
Lahore Qalandars
Islamabad
Super Over

Lahore
Super Over

Multan
43 runs

Peshawar
7 wickets

Quetta
9 wickets
Multan Sultans
Islamabad
5 wickets
Match
abandoned

Lahore
6 wickets

Multan
19 runs

Multan
9 wickets
Peshawar Zalmi
Islamabad
26 runs

Karachi
5 wickets

Peshawar
10 wickets

Multan
7 wickets

Peshawar
5 wickets
Quetta Gladiators
Islamabad
6 wickets

Quetta
67 runs

Lahore
17 runs

Quetta
2 wickets

Quetta
6 wickets




Home team won Visitor team won



  • Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.


  • Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.








League progression

























































































































Team Group matches Playoffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Q1/E Q2 F
Islamabad United 0 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 W W
Karachi Kings 2 4 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 11 L L
Lahore Qalandars 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 6
Multan Sultans 2 4 4 5 7 9 9 9 9 9
Peshawar Zalmi 0 2 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 W W L
Quetta Gladiators 0 2 4 4 4 6 8 10 10 10 L





Win Loss No result



  • Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.


  • Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.








Fixtures


[a]




22 February
22:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
151/6 (20 overs)


v



Multan Sultans
152/3 (19.1 overs)


Mohammad Hafeez 59 (52)
Mohammad Irfan 2/19 (4 overs)



Kumar Sangakkara 57 (51)
Wahab Riaz 2/19 (4 overs)




Multan won by 7 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Multan Sultans)





  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

  • Ibtisam Sheikh (Peshawar Zalmi) made his T20 debut.








23 February
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
149/9 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
130/9 (20 overs)


Colin Ingram 41 (21)
Shane Watson 3/22 (4 overs)



Umar Amin 31 (31)
Imad Wasim 2/19 (4 overs)




Karachi won by 19 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Colin Ingram (Karachi Kings)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.







23 February
21:00
Scorecard















Multan Sultans
179/5 (20 overs)


v



Lahore Qalandars
136 (17.2 overs)


Kumar Sangakkara 63 (44)
Mustafizur Rahman 2/22 (4 overs)



Fakhar Zaman 49 (30)
Junaid Khan 3/24 (3 overs)




Multan won by 43 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans)





  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

  • Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars) made his T20 debut.


  • Junaid Khan (Multan Sultans) became the first bowler in the team and the second bowler in PSL history to take a hattrick.[26]








24 February
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
176/6 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
142/9 (20 overs)


Kamran Akmal 53 (32)
Faheem Ashraf 2/37 (4 overs)



Faheem Ashraf 54* (30)
Umaid Asif 4/23 (4 overs)




Peshawar won by 34 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Umaid Asif (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.







24 February
21:00
Scorecard















Lahore Qalandars
119/9 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
120/1 (14 overs)


Brendon McCullum 30 (18)
Jofra Archer 3/23 (4 overs)



Shane Watson 66 (42)
Sunil Narine 1/40 (4 overs)




Quetta won by 9 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohammad Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.







25 February
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Multan Sultans
113 (19.5 overs)


v



Islamabad United
117/5 (17.4 overs)


Shoaib Malik 35 (36)
Rumman Raees 3/14 (3.5 overs)



Hussain Talat 48* (34)
Imran Tahir 3/19 (4 overs)




Islamabad won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Islamabad United)





  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.







25 February
21:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
131/9 (20 overs)


v



Karachi Kings
135/5 (19.4 overs)


Dwayne Smith 71* (51)
Mohammad Amir 2/6 (2 overs)



Joe Denly 29 (39)
Ibtisam Sheikh 2/25 (4 overs)




Karachi won by 5 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.







26 February
21:00
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
159/7 (20 overs)


v



Lahore Qalandars
132 (18.3 overs)


Ravi Bopara 50* (34)
Sunil Narine 2/18 (4 overs)



Brendon McCullum 44 (30)
Shahid Afridi 3/19 (4 overs)




Karachi won by 27 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ranmore Martinesz (SL) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Karachi Kings)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.







28 February
21:00
Scorecard















Islamabad United
134/7 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
135/4 (17.1 overs)


Luke Ronchi 43 (26)
Hasan Khan 1/12 (2 overs)



Kevin Pietersen 48 (34)
Steven Finn 3/35 (4 overs)




Quetta won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Quetta Gladiators)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.







1 March
21:00
Scorecard















Quetta Gladiators
141/8 (20 overs)


v



Peshawar Zalmi
143/5 (19.4 overs)


Shane Watson 47 (32)
Wahab Riaz 2/16 (4 overs)



Tamim Iqbal 36 (38)
Shane Watson 1/16 (4 overs)




Peshawar won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Darren Sammy (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.







2 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Karachi Kings



v



Multan Sultans










Match abandoned
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.


  • No play was possible due to rain.








2 March
21:00
Scorecard















Islamabad United
121/9 (20 overs)


v



Lahore Qalandars
121 (19.4 overs)


JP Duminy 34 (36)
Yasir Shah 3/20 (4 overs)



Agha Salman 48 (35)
Samit Patel 3/17 (4 overs)




Match tied; ( Islamabad won the super over)
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Mohammad Sami (Islamabad United)





  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.

  • This was the first ever super over in PSL history.

































































































3 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Quetta Gladiators
102 (15.4 overs)


v



Multan Sultans
108/1 (16.4 overs)


Sarfraz Ahmed 30 (33)
Sohail Tanvir 3/14 (3 overs)



Kumar Sangakkara 51* (44)
Hasan Khan 1/25 (3 overs)




Multan won by 9 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ahmed Shahab (Pak)
Player of the match: Sohail Tanvir (Multan Sultans)





  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

  • Imran Tahir (Multan Sultans) became the third bowler in PSL history to take a hattrick.[27]








3 March
21:00
Scorecard















Lahore Qalandars
100 (17.2 overs)


v



Peshawar Zalmi
104/0 (13.4 overs)


Fakhar Zaman 30 (17)
Liam Dawson 3/20 (4 overs)



Kamran Akmal 57* (47)
Fakhar Zaman 0/1 (1 over)




Peshawar won by 10 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Ranmore Martinesz (SL)
Player of the match: Liam Dawson (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.

  • This was the first ever victory by a 10 wicket margin in PSL history.[28]








4 March
21:00
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
153/6 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
156/2 (17.2 overs)


Babar Azam 55 (53)
Faheem Ashraf 3/23 (4 overs)



Luke Ronchi 71 (37)
Mohammad Irfan 1/16 (3 overs)




Islamabad won by 8 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)





  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.







6 March
21:00
Scorecard















Multan Sultans
183/3 (20 overs)


v



Peshawar Zalmi
164/8 (20 overs)


Sohaib Maqsood 85* (42)
Liam Dawson 1/17 (4 overs)



Mohammad Hafeez 56 (41)
Sohail Tanvir 3/14 (4 overs)




Multan won by 19 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Multan Sultans)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.







7 March
21:00
Scorecard















Multan Sultans
152/5 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
156/8 (19.5 overs)


Shoaib Malik 65* (43)
Mohammad Nawaz 1/18 (3 overs)



Rilee Rossouw 27 (24)
Umar Gul 6/24 (4 overs)




Quetta won by 2 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Umar Gul (Multan Sultans)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.







8 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Lahore Qalandars
163/8 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
164/4 (17.4 overs)


Anton Devcich 62 (42)
Faheem Ashraf 3/32 (4 overs)



Luke Ronchi 77 (41)
Sunil Narine 3/28 (4 overs)




Islamabad won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)





  • Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.







8 March
21:00
Scorecard















Quetta Gladiators
180/4 (20 overs)


v



Karachi Kings
113/8 (20 overs)


Shane Watson 90* (58)
Usman Khan 1/22 (4 overs)



Imad Wasim 35 (31)
Anwar Ali 2/21 (3 overs)




Quetta won by 67 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Shozab Raza (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

  • This was the biggest win in PSL history in term of runs.[29]








9 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Multan Sultans
114 (19.4 overs)


v



Lahore Qalandars
115/4 (18.4 overs)


Kumar Sangakkara 45 (30)
Shaheen Afridi 5/4 (3.4 overs)



Brendon McCullum 35* (35)
Shoaib Malik 1/6 (1 over)




Lahore won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)





  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to bat.







9 March
21:00
Scorecard















Islamabad United
182/5 (20 overs)


v



Peshawar Zalmi
156/9 (20 overs)


JP Duminy 73* (54)
Wahab Riaz 3/30 (4 overs)



Wahab Riaz 33* (25)
Samit Patel 4/34 (4 overs)




Islamabad won by 26 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: JP Duminy (Islamabad United)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.







10 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
188/3 (20 overs)


v



Multan Sultans
125 (19.4 overs)


Joe Denly 78 (55)
Hardus Viljoen 2/49 (4 overs)



Sohail Tanvir 34* (29)
Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4 overs)




Karachi won by 63 runs
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Karachi Kings)





  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.







10 March
21:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
157/5 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
158/4 (19.2 overs)


Dwayne Smith 49 (33)
Shane Watson 2/26 (4 overs)



Sarfraz Ahmed 45* (31)
Hasan Ali 1/25 (4 overs)




Quetta won by 6 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Sarfraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

  • As a result of this match Lahore Qalandars were eliminated from the competition.








11 March
21:00
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
163/5 (20 overs)


v



Lahore Qalandars
163/8 (20 overs)


Babar Azam 61 (49)
Sohail Khan 3/34 (4 overs)



Agha Salman 50 (45)
Mohammad Irfan 2/35 (4 overs)




Match tied; ( Lahore won the super over)
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Agha Salman (Lahore Qalandars)





  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.





































































































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13 March
21:00
Scorecard















Islamabad United
185/4 (20 overs)


v



Multan Sultans
152 (19.1 overs)


Luke Ronchi 58 (36)
Umar Gul 2/26 (4 overs)



Kieron Pollard 73 (47)
Samit Patel 2/11 (2 overs)




Islamabad won by 33 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)





  • Multan Sultans won the toss and elected to field.

  • As a result of this match Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators advanced to playoffs.








14 March
21:00
Scorecard















Lahore Qalandars
186/4 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
169/6 (20 overs)


Fakhar Zaman 94 (50)
Hasan Khan 1/3 (1 over)



Rilee Rossouw 42 (22)
Sunil Narine 2/22 (4 overs)




Lahore won by 17 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Tim Robinson (Eng)
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore Qalandars)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.







15 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
181/6 (20 overs)


v



Karachi Kings
137/8 (20 overs)


Kamran Akmal 75 (51)
Usman Khan 3/11 (4 overs)



Babar Azam 66 (50)
Liam Dawson 3/17 (4 overs)




Peshawar won by 44 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.







15 March
21:00
Scorecard















Quetta Gladiators
147/7 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
149/4 (18.2 overs)


Sarfraz Ahmed 43 (30)
Faheem Ashraf 3/19 (4 overs)



JP Duminy 54 (47)
Rahat Ali 2/33 (3.2 overs)




Islamabad won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: JP Duminy (Islamabad United)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.







16 March
16:30 (D/N)
Scorecard















Lahore Qalandars
172/4 (20 overs)


v



Peshawar Zalmi
176/3 (18 overs)


Anton Devcich 70 (42)
Hasan Ali 2/24 (4 overs)



Kamran Akmal 107* (61)
Yasir Shah 2/40 (4 overs)




Peshawar won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) scored his second century in PSL and the first player to do it.

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16 March
21:00
Scorecard















Islamabad United
124 (19 overs)


v



Karachi Kings
125/3 (17 overs)


Asif Ali 34 (14)
Usman Khan 4/17 (4 overs)



Joe Denly 36 (28)
Faheem Ashraf 1/13 (3 overs)




Karachi won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Khalid Mahmood (Pak)
Player of the match: Usman Khan (Karachi Kings)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

  • Karachi Kings advanced to playoffs as a result of this match.

  • As a result of this match Multan Sultans were eliminated from the competition.





Playoffs


[a]




































































































Preliminary

Final
 


25 March — Karachi
18 March — Dubai


1

Islamabad United

155/2 (12.3 overs)
2

Karachi Kings
154/4 (20 overs)






1

Islamabad United

154/7 (16.5 overs)

Islamabad won by 8 wickets 

3

Peshawar Zalmi
148/9 (20 overs)


Islamabad won by 3 wickets 




21 March — Lahore

2

Karachi Kings
157/2 (16 overs)



3

Peshawar Zalmi

170/7 (16 overs)




Peshawar won by 13 runs 



20 March — Lahore


3

Peshawar Zalmi

157 (20 overs)
4

Quetta Gladiators
156/9 (20 overs)



Peshawar won by 1 run 



Preliminary



Qualifier 1




18 March
21:00
Scorecard















Karachi Kings
154/4 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
155/2 (12.3 overs)


Colin Ingram 68* (39)
Mohammad Sami 2/20 (4 overs)



Luke Ronchi 94* (39)
Tymal Mills 1/32 (2 overs)




Islamabad won by 8 wickets
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Umpires: Rashid Riaz (Pak) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

  • This was the largest victory in terms of balls remaining in PSL history.

  • As a result of this match Islamabad United advanced to the final.





Eliminator




20 March
19:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
157 (20 overs)


v



Quetta Gladiators
156/9 (20 overs)


Liam Dawson 62 (35)
Rahat Ali 4/16 (4 overs)



Sarfraz Ahmed 35 (21)
Hasan Ali 2/21 (4 overs)
Sameen Gul 2/21 (4 overs)




Peshawar won by 1 run
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rashid Riaz (Pak)
Player of the match: Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

  • As a result of this match Peshawar Zalmi advanced to Qualifier 2.




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  • As a result of this match Quetta Gladiators were eliminated from the competition.

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Qualifier 2




21 March
19:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
170/7 (16 overs)


v



Karachi Kings
157/2 (16 overs)


Kamran Akmal 77 (27)
Ravi Bopara 3/35 (3 overs)



Joe Denly 79* (46)
Sameen Gul 1/20 (3 overs)




Peshawar won by 13 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi)





  • Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

  • Match was reduced to 16 overs per side due to rain.

  • Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) scored the fastest fifty of PSL (17 balls).

  • As a result of this match Peshawar Zalmi advanced to the final.

  • As a result of this match Karachi Kings were eliminated from the competition.





Final





25 March
20:00
Scorecard















Peshawar Zalmi
148/9 (20 overs)


v



Islamabad United
154/7 (16.5 overs)


Chris Jordan 36 (26)
Shadab Khan 3/25 (4 overs)



Luke Ronchi 52 (26)
Chris Jordan 2/22 (3 overs)




Islamabad won by 3 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Shozab Raza (Pak)
Player of the match: Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United)





  • Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Islamabad United won the championship as a result of this match and became the most successful team in PSL history.[31]





Awards and statistics



Most runs
























































































Player Team Mat Inns Runs Ave SR HS 100 50 4s
6s

New Zealand Luke Ronchi

Islamabad United
11 11 435 43.50 182.00
7001940000000000000♠94*
0 5 51 24

Pakistan Kamran Akmal

Peshawar Zalmi
13 13 425 38.63 153.42
7002107000000000000♠107*
1 4 41 28

Pakistan Babar Azam

Karachi Kings
12 11 402 40.20 122.18
7001660000000000000♠66
0 5 33 12

England Joe Denly

Karachi Kings
12 11 323 32.30 125.68
7001790000000000000♠79*
0 3 40 9

Australia Shane Watson

Quetta Gladiators
10 10 319 35.44 135.16
7001900000000000000♠90*
0 2 25 22

Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 25 March 2018
  • The Player with most runs will be awarded with a Green cap and Hanif Mohammad Award at the end of the season.[32]



  •      Luke Ronchi of Islamabad United received the Green Cap.


Most wickets


















































































Player Team Mat Inns Wkts Ave Econ BBI SR 4WI
5WI

Pakistan Faheem Ashraf

Islamabad United
12 12 18 17.22 7.75
3/19
13.3 0 0

Pakistan Wahab Riaz

Peshawar Zalmi
13 13 18 19.11 6.90
3/30
16.6 0 0

Pakistan Usman Khan

Karachi Kings
10 9 16 16.12 8.02
4/17
12.0 1 0

Pakistan Rahat Ali

Quetta Gladiators
11 11 15 21.46 7.60
4/16
16.9 1 0

England Samit Patel

Islamabad United
9 9 13 14.46 6.96
4/34
12.4 1 0

Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated : 25 March 2018
  • The Player with most wickets will be awarded with Maroon cap and Fazal Mahmood Award at the end of the season.[33]



  •      Faheem Ashraf of Islamabad United received the Maroon Cap.


See also



  • Islamabad United in 2018

  • Lahore Qalandars in 2018

  • Karachi Kings in 2018

  • Multan Sultans in 2018

  • Peshawar Zalmi in 2018

  • Quetta Gladiators in 2018



Notes





  1. ^ ab All times are in UTC+5 (PST)




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External links


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