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PSL 2018 Schedule, Squads, Points Table and Team Standings
Islamabad United, Peshawar Zalmi, Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings proceed to the playoffs.
Written by CricketCountry Staff
Published: Feb 22, 2018, 07:05 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 17, 2018, 11:44 AM (IST)


The third edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) is all set to go underway from Thursday. Unlike the previous seasons, this edition will feature six teams: Islamabad United, Multan Sultans, Quetta Gladiators, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars and Peshawar Zalmi. So four teams have made it to the playoffs after a long tussle. Multan Sultans have been kicked off, courtesy Karachi Kings victory while Lahore Qalandars faced tough luck throughout the tournament. So here are teams who will fight it out in the Qualifiers and two eliminators: Islamabad United, Quetta Gladiators, Karachi Kings and Peshawar Zalmi.
Meanwhile, the playoffs will kick off from March 18 at Dubai. However, the Pakistani fans can enjoy the league as well with the Eliminator 1, 2 and the final being held in Lahore and Karachi respectively.
Here is the schedule of the tournament:
Day & Date | Matches | Time (IST) | Venue |
Thursday, February 22 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | 10:30 PM | Dubai |
Friday, February 23 | Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | ||
Saturday, February 24 | Islamabad United vs Peshawar Zalmi | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | ||
Sunday, February 25 | Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Karachi Kings vs Peshawar Zalmi | 9:30 PM | ||
Monday, February 26 | Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | Dubai |
Wednesday, February 28 | Islamabad United vs Quetta Gladiators | 9:30 PM | Sharjah |
Thursday, March 1 | Quetta Gladiators vs Peshawar Zalmi | 9:30 PM | Sharjah |
Friday, March 2 | Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings | 5:00 PM | Sharjah |
Lahore Qalandars vs Islamabad United | 9:30 PM | ||
Saturday, March 3 | Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators | 5:00 PM | Sharjah |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | ||
Sunday, March 4 | Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings | 9:30 PM | Sharjah |
Tuesday March 6 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Multan Sultans | 9:30 PM | Dubai |
Wednesday, March 7 | Multan Sultans vs Quetta Gladiators | 9:30 PM | Dubai |
Thursday, March 8 | Islamabad United vs Lahore Qalandars | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Karachi Kings vs Quetta Gladiators | 9:30 PM | ||
Friday, March 9 | Multan Sultans vs Lahore Qalandars | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Islamabad United | 9:30 PM | ||
Saturday, March 10 | Multan Sultans vs Karachi Kings | 5:00 PM | Dubai |
Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | 9:30 PM | ||
Sunday, March 11 | Karachi Kings vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | Dubai |
Tuesday March 13 | Multan Sultans vs Islamabad United | 9:30 PM | Sharjah |
Wednesday, March 14 | Quetta Gladiators vs Lahore Qalandars | 9:30 PM | Sharjah |
Thursday, March 15 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Karachi Kings | 5:00 PM | Sharjah |
Quetta Gladiators vs Islamabad United | 9:30 PM | ||
Friday, March 16 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Lahore Qalandars | 5:00 PM | Sharjah |
Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings | 9:30 PM | ||
Play-Offs | |||
Sunday, March 18 | Islamabad United vs Karachi Kings | 9:30 PM | Dubai |
Tuesday March 20 | Peshawar Zalmi vs Quetta Gladiators | 7:30 PM | Lahore |
Wednesday, March 21 | Eliminator 2 – Eliminator 1 Winner vs Qualifier Loser | 7:30 PM | Lahore |
Sunday, March 25 | PSL Final | 7:30 PM | Karachi |
Points Table
Teams | M | W | L | T | NR | P | NRR |
Islamabad United | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.296 |
Karachi Kings | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | -0.405 |
Peshawar Zalmi | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.464 |
Quetta Gladiators | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.312 |
Multan Sultans | 10 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -0.191 |
Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.931 |
*The table is updated till Match 30 between Islamabad United and Karachi Kings.
Squads
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
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
Quetta Gladiators: Sarfraz 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.
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.
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Supplementary players: Angelo Mathews, Mitchell McClenaghan, Gulraiz Sadaf.