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| Dates | 4 February 2016 – 23 February 2016 |
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| Administrator(s) | PCB |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) |
 United Arab Emirates |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
The 2016 Pakistan Super League or HBL PSL 2016 is the debut season of the Pakistan Super League, established by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The season commenced in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and the final match will also be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 23rd Feb 2016.[1] The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai at 4th Feb 2016 before the opening match of the tournament.
The official logo was launched on 20th Sep 2015 in Lahore[2][3] where the official song of PSL – Ab Khel Ke Dikha (Now Show Us Your Play) was also performed live by singer Ali Zafar.
The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 4th Feb 2016.[4] All the five teams, led by their captains along with the team owners marched the ground.[5] The trophy of the Pakistan Super league was unveiled at the ceremony. It featured live performances by singers Ali Zafar, Jamaican rapper and singer Sean Paul, Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed and such other artists.The Ceremony ended with pompous display of fireworks. A large crowd attended the ceremony at the stadium.[6][7]
The player draft for 2016 season was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 21–22 December 2015. 308 players including Pakistani and Foreigners were divided into 5 different categories Platinum, Diamond, Gold, Silver and Emerging. Each franchise was allowed to pick six foreigners in a 20 man squad.
A total of seven umpires and two match referees will be a part of the match officials panel. Pakistan's top ICC umpire Aleem Dar will be seen on the field at the HBL PSL along with West Indian ICC umpire Joel Wilson. Also a part of the panel are other Pakistani umpires including Ahsan Raza, Shozab Raza, Ahmed Shahab, Rashid Riaz and Khalid Mahmood. The match referees panel consists of former ICC referee Roshan Mahanama and Pakistani match referee Muhammad Anees.[8]
Earlier, the venue for the tournament was set to be a single stadium in Doha, Qatar. However, on 24th Sept 2015, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the shifting of the tournament to Dubai and Sharjah in the UAE.[9][10][11]
| United Arab Emirates | |
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| Dubai | Sharjah |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 27,000 |
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| Team[12] | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Peshawar Zalmi |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.524 | |||
 Quetta Gladiators |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | +0.203 | |||
 Islamabad United |
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 | -0.384 | |||
 Karachi Kings |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | +0.084 | |||
 Lahore Qalandars |
6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -0.597 | |||
| Team | Group matches | Playoffs | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Q1/E | Q2 | F | |
| Islamabad United | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ? | |||
| Karachi Kings | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | ? | ||||
| Lahore Qalandars | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ? | ? | ||||
| Peshawar Zalmi | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | ? | ||||
| Quetta Gladiators | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | ? | |||||
| Win | Loss | No result |
| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | PZ | QG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | |||||
| Islamabad United | Karachi 5 wickets | Match 20 | Peshawar 24 runs | Quetta 7 wickets | |
| Karachi Kings | Islamabad 2 runs | Karachi 7 wickets | Peshawar 3 runs | ||
| Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad 8 wickets | Karachi 27 runs | Peshawar 9 wickets | Match 18 | |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar 7 wickets | Match 19 | Lahore 4 runs | Peshawar 8 wickets | |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta 8 wickets | Quetta 8 wickets | Lahore 63 runs | Quetta 3 wickets |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).
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| Preliminary | Final | |||||||||||
| 23 February — Dubai International Cricket Stadium | ||||||||||||
| 19 February — Dubai International Cricket Stadium | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi |
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| 2 | Quetta Gladiators |
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| 21 February — Dubai International Cricket Stadium | ||||||||||||
| 20 February — Dubai International Cricket Stadium | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ravi Bopara |
Karachi Kings | 7 | 6 | 269 | 67.25 | 140.83 | 71* | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||||
 Tamim Iqbal |
Peshawar Zalmi | 6 | 6 | 267 | 66.75 | 115.08 | 80* | 0 | 3 | 24 | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Cameron Delport |
Lahore Qalandars | 6 | 6 | 226 | 37.66 | 123.49 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 8 | |||||||||||||
 Ahmed Shehzad |
Quetta Gladiators | 7 | 7 | 216 | 30.85 | 142.10 | 71 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Umar Akmal |
Lahore Qalandars | 5 | 5 | 208 | 52.00 | 149.64 | 93 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 14 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | Ave | Econ | BBI | SR | 4WI | 5WI | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wahab Riaz |
Peshawar Zalmi | 7 | 7 | 12 | 15.66 | 7.27 | 3/23 | 12.9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ravi Bopara |
Karachi Kings | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11.09 | 6.10 | 6/16 | 10.9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Mohammad Asghar |
Peshawar Zalmi | 7 | 7 | 10 | 15.00 | 6.00 | 3/20 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mohammad Nawaz |
Quetta Gladiators | 6 | 6 | 9 | 16.11 | 6.30 | 4/13 | 15.3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Shahid Afridi |
Peshawar Zalmi | 7 | 7 | 8 | 19.12 | 6.12 | 5/7 | 18.7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 14 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Total | Innings | Opponent | Runrate | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lahore Qalandars | 194/3 (20 overs) | 1 | Quetta Gladiators | 9.70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Peshawar Zalmi | 182/4 (20 overs) | 1 | Karachi Kings | 9.10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Karachi Kings | 179/9 (20 overs) | 2 | Peshawar Zalmi | 8.95 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Karachi Kings | 178/5 (20 overs) | 1 | Lahore Qalandars | 8.90 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Islamabad United | 169/2 (15.5 overs) | 2 | Lahore Qalandars | 10.67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: ESPNcricinfo.com, last updated 14 February 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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