Pakistan Super League 2023 – PSL 8 Format, Venues, Full Schedule And Squads Of All Teams

The eighth edition of the Pakistan Super League (commonly known as PSL 8) is set to start in February 2023. The first match will be played on February 13th, while the final of PSL 8 is scheduled to be played on March 19th, 2023. A total of 6 teams will compete in the T20 tournament, where Lahore Qalandars will take the field as defending champions. 

PSL 8 Format:

In PSL 8, each of the 6 teams will play each other twice in the league stage of the tournament in a double round-robin format. After the league stage, the top 4 teams on the points table will qualify for the playoffs. 

The 1st and 2nd placed teams will play against each other in qualifier 1, while the 3rd and 4th placed teams will play the eliminator. Then, the loser of qualifier 1 and the winner of the eliminator will clash against each other in qualifier 2. In the end, the winners of qualifiers 1 and 2 will meet each other in the finals for the title. 

PSL 8 Venues:

PSL 8 will be played at 4 venues in Pakistan. Multan, Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi will host the PSL 8 games. All 4 playoffs/final matches will be played in Lahore. 
Multan – Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Karachi – National Stadium, Karachi
Lahore – Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Rawalpindi – Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi 

PSL 8 Full Schedule:

13 February, Mon – Multan Sultans v Lahore Qalandars – 8:00pm Multan
14 February, Tues – Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi – 7:00pm Karachi
15 February, Wed – Multan Sultans v Quetta Gladiators – 6:00pm Multan
16 February, Thurs – Karachi Kings v Islamabad United – 7:00pm Karachi
17 February, Fri – Multan Sultans v Peshawar Zalmi – 6:00pm Multan
18 February, Sat – Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators – 7:00pm Karachi
19 February, Sun – Multan Sultans v Islamabad United – 2:00pm Multan
19 February, Sun – Karachi Kings v Lahore Qalandars – 7:00pm Karachi
20 February, Mon – Quetta Gladiators v Peshawar Zalmi – 7:00pm Karachi
21 February, Tues – Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars – 7:00pm Karachi
22 February, Wed – Multan Sultans v Karachi Kings – 6:00pm Multan
23 February, Thurs – Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United – 7:00pm Karachi
24 February, Fri – Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad Unitted – 7:00pm Karachi
26 February, Sun – Karachi Kings v Multan Sultans – 2:00pm Karachi
26 February, Sun – Lahore Qalandars v Peshawar Zalmi – 7:00pm Lahore
27 February, Mon – Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United – 7:00pm Lahore
1 March, Wed – Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
2 March, Thurs – Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators – 7:00pm Lahore
3 March, Fri – Islamabad United v Karachi Kings – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
4 March, Sat – Lahore Qalandars v Multan Sultans – 7:00pm Lahore
5 March, Sun – Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
6 March, Mon – Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
7 March, Tues – Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars – 2:00pm Rawalpindi
7 March, Tues – Islamabad United v Multan Sultans – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
8 March, Wed – Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
9 March, Thurs – Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
10 March, Fri – Peshawar Zalmi v Multan Sultans – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
11 March, Sat – Quetta Gladiators v Multan Sultans – 7:00pm Rawalpindi
12 March, Sun – Islamabad United v Peshawar Zalmi – 2:00pm Rawalpindi
12 March, Sun – Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings – 7:00pm Lahore

Playoffs schedule

15 March, Wed – Qualifier – 1st v 2nd – 7:00 pm Lahore
16 March, Thurs – Eliminator 1 – 3rd vs 4th – 7:00 pm Lahore
17 March, Fri – Eliminator 2 – Loser Qualifier v Winner Eliminator – 7:00 pm Lahore
19 March, Sun – Final – 7:00 pm Lahore

All times are in IST

PSL 8 Full Squads:

Islamabad United:

Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Azam Khan, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Colin Munro, Paul Stirling, Alex Hales, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abrar Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood, Rumman Raees, Zeeshan Zamir, Hassan Nawaz, Moeen Ali, Mubasir Khan, Tom Curran, Zafar Gohar, Gus Atkinson (partial replacement for Rahmanullah Gurbaz), Tymal Mills (partial replacement for Alex Hales)

Karachi Kings:

Haider Ali, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Malik, Aamir Yamin, Mir Hamza, Sharjeel Khan, Qasim Akram, Matthew Wade, Imran Tahir, James Vince, James Fuller, Andrew Tye, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Mohammad Umar, Ben Cutting, Musa Khan, Faisal Akram (partial replacement for Tabraiz Shamsi)

Lahore Qalandars:

Rashid Khan, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, David Wiese, Abdullah Shafique, Harry Brook, Kamran Ghulam, Zaman Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Hussain Talat, Sikandar Raza, Liam Dawson, Dilbar Hussain, Mirza Tahir Baig, Ahmed Danlyal, Shawaiz Irfan, Jordan Cox, Jalat Khan, Ahsan Bhatti, Sam Billings (partial replacement for Rashid Khan), Shane Dadswell (replacement for Harry Brook), Kusal Mendis (partial replacement for Jordan Cox)

Multan Sultans: 

Mohammad Rizwan, Khushdil Shah, Rilee Rossouw, Shan Masood, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tim David, Abbas Afridi, Ihsanullah, David Miller, Josh Little, Akeal Hosein, Usama Mir, Usman Khan, Sameen Gul, Anwar Ali, Mohammad Sarwar, Adil Rashid, Arafat Minhas, Kieron Pollard, Ammad Butt, Wayne Parnell (partial/full replacement for Adil Rashid), Izharulhaq Naveed (partial replacement for David Miller)

Peshawar Zalmi:

Babar Azam, Sherfane Rutherford, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Haris, Aamir Jamal, Salman Irshad, Tom-Kohler Cadmore, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Rovman Powell, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Danish Aziz, Arshad Iqbal, Saim Ayub, Usman Qadir, Suifyan Muqeem, Haseeb Ullah, Jimmy Neesham, Khurram Shahzad, Haris Sohail, Richard Gleeson (partial replacement for Rovman Powell)

Quetta Gladiators:

Mohammad Nawaz, Iftikhar Ahmed, Jason Roy, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Naveen ul Haq, Umar Akmal, Will Smeed, Wanindu Hasaranga, Naseem Shah, Odean Smith, Ahsan Ali, Umaid Asif, Muhammad Zahid, Abdul Bangalzai, Aimal Khan, Martin Guptill, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qais Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Dwaine Pretorius (partial replacement for Odean Smith), Will Jacks (partial replacement for Jason Roy), Nuwan Thushara (partial replacement for Naveen ul Haq)