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PSL 2021 – Complete Schedule, Venue Details, Teams Squad Players List | PSL 2021 Squad of all Teams | Everything you need to know
As of late, there have been a lot of Test matches going on. India vs Australia ended recently along with England vs Sri Lanka and Pakistan vs South Africa. Now, England and India are battling each other in a 4-match Test series, and Bangladesh are looking to level their series after a miracle Windies win at Chattogram.
That being said, it is not long when the T20 action comes back to life. T10, on the other hand, is going on in the UAE, but soon one of the best T20 leagues is about to begin. Yes, the tournament under consideration here is none other than the Pakistan Super League.
PSL 6 will be beginning shortly after the T20 series between Pakistan and South Africa concludes. The entire PSL schedule 2021 is already out which you can go through below. Since, the current year, 2021, is when the ICC T20 World Cup takes place, so the teams are focusing more and more on playing those T20 matches. As for the Pakistan Super League, it has always been great and many expectations are there this year as well. The whole tournament will be played in the home country and the venues are mentioned later in the article too. The fans are hoping this season to be the best as compared to all the previous ones, and undoubtedly, PSL has got that capability to give tough competition to all the top T20 leagues like the IPL, BBL, or Natwest T20 Blast, etc.
Below, in this article, you can read all you need to know about the Pakistan Super League 2021. Its complete schedule, venue details, and lastly, full teams squad players list are mentioned. So, without any further ado, let’s begin!
PSL 2021 Complete Schedule/Time Table
Just like last year, this time around as well, there will be 34 matches played in the league. The tournament is set to begin from the 20th of February, six days after the South Africa tour of Pakistan ends. The Pakistan Super League 2021 will continue up till the 22nd of March when the final will be played in Lahore.
The first match begins at 7 PM PST on Feb 20th. It will be between the defending champions Karachi Kings, and the 2019 PSL winners, and two-time finalists, Quetta Gladiators. There isn’t a better way to start the tournament than by a match between two champion teams.
All in all, the following is the complete schedule of Pakistan Super League 2021.
PSL 2021 Teams Squad Players List
Below you can go through the complete players’ list of every PSL 6 team. Moreover, the categories of players are also mentioned alongside.
Karachi Kings
Although KK didn’t get any Platinum pick, their team is still more than capable of defending the crown.
Retained: Babar Azam, Mohammad Amir, Colin Ingram, Imad Wasim, Amir Yamin, Sharjeel Khan, Waqas Maqsood, Arshad Iqbal
Platinum: None
Diamond: Mohammad Nabi, Dan Christian
Gold: Chadwick Walton
Silver: Joe Clarke, Danish Aziz, Mohammad Ilyas, Zeeshan Malik
Emerging: Qasim Akram
Supplementary: Noor Ahmad
Quetta Gladiators
There’s just absolutely no doubt that Quetta has got the most destructive batting line-up this year. Imagine Gayle and Banton opening, with Azam Khan and Ben Cutting coming in later on to finish the innings. Absolute fireworks expected!
Retained: Sarfaraz Ahmed, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Azam Khan, Naseem Shah, Zahid Mehmood, Anwar Ali
Platinum: Chris Gayle, Tom Banton
Diamond: None
Gold: Usman Khan Shinwari
Silver: Cameron Delport, Qais Ahmed, Abdul Nasir
Emerging: Saim Ayub, Arish Ali Khan
Supplementary: Dale Steyn, Usman Khan
Peshawar Zalmi
Peshawar Zalmi picked the South African middle-order batsman David Miller in their platinum pick, and have got a pretty balanced team.
Retained: Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Liam Livingstone, Haider Ali
Platinum: David Miller
Diamond: Mujeeb ur Rehman, Sherfane Rutherford
Gold: Amad Butt
Silver: Umaid Asif, Saqib Mehmood, Imam-ul-Haq, M Imran Randhawa, Mohammad Irfan Sr
Emerging: Ibrar Ahmed, Mohammad Imran
Supplementary: Ravi Bopara, Amir Khan
Lahore Qalandars
LQ have retained most of their players as compared to the other teams. Moreover, they have got the “T20 Cricketer of the Decade”, Rashid Khan in their squad.
Retained: Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Fakhar Zaman, David Wiese, Ben Dunk, Sohail Akhtar, Haris Rauf, Dilbar Hussain
Platinum: Rashid Khan
Diamond: None
Gold: Samit Patel
Silver: Tom Abell, Zeeshan Ashraf, Salman Agha, Mohammad Faizan
Emerging: Maaz Khan, Zaid Alam
Supplementary: Joe Denly, Ahmad Danyal
Multan Sultans
Multan Sultans also didn’t have many changes from the last season, except for the fact that they have got Chris Lynn at the top-order now.
Retained: Shahid Afridi, Rilee Rossouw, Sohail Tanvir, Imran Tahir, Khushdil Shah, James Vince, Shan Masood, Usman Qadir
Platinum: Chris Lynn
Diamond: None
Gold: None
Silver: Sohail Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sohaib Maqsood, Sohaibullah, Adam Lyth
Emerging: Shahnawaz Dhani, Muhammad Umar
Supplementary: Imran Khan Sr, Carlos Brathwaite
Islamabad United
Another excellent squad in the PSL 6. IU has always relied on their local talents and this year as well; they haven’t got many big names. They have Hasan Ali in the ranks now, and Alex Hales will be opening the batting who was in a red-hot form in the BBL recently.
Retained: Alex Hales, Shadab Khan, Colin Munro, Faheem Ashraf, Hussain Talat, Asif Ali, Musa Khan, Zafar Gohar
Platinum: Hasan Ali
Diamond: Lewis Gregory
Gold: Phil Salt
Silver: Rohail Nazir, Reece Topley, Iftikhar Ahmed
Emerging: Mohammad Wasim Jr, Ahmed Saifi Abdullah
Supplementary: Chris Jordan, Akif Javed
PSL 2021 Venue Details
Pakistan Super League 2021 was initially planned to be played across six different venues. The venues were Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Rawalpindi, and in addition, Peshawar. However, due to the Covid-19 measures, the Pakistan Cricket Board opted not to play the tournament across so many venues. Rather, they reduced the venues to only two, and those two include Karachi and Lahore.
So now, the first 20 group matches of the 2021 PSL will be played at the National Stadium, Karachi. The stadium recently hosted the first Test match between Pakistan and South Africa, which the home team won by 7 wickets. Secondly, the remaining matches, including all the knockout ones, will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. Furthermore, Gaddafi Stadium will also host all the three T20I matches of the Pakistan vs South Africa series.
