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| Dates | 14 February – 17 March 2019 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round robin andplayoffs |
| Host(s) |
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| Champions | Quetta Gladiators (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Peshawar Zalmi |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Attendance | 495,817 (14,583 per match) |
| Player of the series | Shane Watson (QG) (430 runs) |
| Most runs | Shane Watson (QG) (430) |
| Most wickets | Hasan Ali (PZ) (25) |
| Official website | psl-t20.com |
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2019 Pakistan Super League (also known asPSL 4 or for sponsorship reasonsHBL PSL 2019) was the fourth season of thePakistan Super League, a franchiseTwenty20cricket league which was established by thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2015. The tournament took place from 14 February to 17 March 2019.[1][2]
In the championship game,Quetta Gladiators defeatedPeshawar Zalmi by eight wickets in Karachi to win the title for the first time.Mohammad Hasnain of Quetta was named the Man of the Match of the Final.Shane Watson, also of Quetta, was awarded the Player of the Tournament award and the leading run scorer award with a total of 435 runs in the tournament.Hasan Ali of Peshawar was awarded the leading wicket taker award with a total of 25 wickets.
On 10 November 2018, PCB terminated franchise agreements with the owner of Multan Sultans,Schön Properties.[3]Ali Khan Tareen later became the new owner of the team.[4][5] On 14 November, PCB announced thatHBL has renewed its partnership with PSL for 3 more years until 2021.[6] On 21 December, Blitz Advertising won the broadcasting rights for 3 years on a bid ofUS$36 million, which is 358% greater amount than before.[7][8][9]
The broadcasting rights of the 4th season of PSL were given to various Sports channels for covering the event in different countries. The broadcasting rights of the season in Pakistan were given to leading sports channels, PTV Sports & Geo Super, whereas in United States and Canada the rights were given to Willow TV. Hum TV was given the rights to broadcast the series in UK & Europe. The OTT rights for Middle-Eastern and North Africa Countries were given to Cricketgateway.[10][11]
In case of India the broadcasting rights were given to DSports which partnered with Daily Fantasy Site,MyTeam11, to co-present PSL in India.[12][13]
Each franchise retained up to 10 players[14] during the trade and retention window that started on 29 September.[15] A squad of 16 players, with 4 supplementary players,[16][17] was then completed in players draft held atIslamabad on 20 November.[18] On 16 December 2018, PSL announced that each team will have additional budget to select 21-member squad.[19] The replacement draft was held on 24 January in Lahore.[20]
On 12 June 2018, the franchises and PCB officials in a meeting decided against the idea of having a full PSL fourth edition in Pakistan.[21] The new PCB chairmanEhsan Mani announced on 15 September that tournament was to start from 14 February 2019 in UAE, and the last eight games were to be held in Pakistan along with the final that will be played on 17 March in Karachi.[2]
For the first time, four PSL matches were played in Abu Dhabi.[22]
Originally, three matches were scheduled to be played in Lahore but due to logistical and operational challenges posed by the delayed opening of Lahore airspace for commercial flights followingmilitary tensions between Pakistan and India, the matches were shifted to Karachi.[23] Mani said that PCB had made a critical decision and the "headquarters of Pakistan cricket will be unable to host" 2019 PSL matches.[24]
| United Arab Emirates | Pakistan | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | Sharjah | Abu Dhabi | Karachi | |
| Dubai International Cricket Stadium | Sharjah Cricket Stadium | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium | National Stadium | |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 17,000[25] | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 32,000[26] | |
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The league was promoted on social media by the hashtag #HBLPSL due to its title sponsor, and by its official anthem #KhelDeewanoKa.
The opening ceremony was held on 14 February atDubai International Cricket Stadium, prior to the first match of the season.[30][31] It was started by the national anthems of UAE "Ishy Bilady", and of Pakistan "Qaumi Taranah" as usual. It then featured a marching band, which performedEurope's "The Final Countdown". Then, British singerMarcia Barrett, from German bandBoney M., performed her band's song "Daddy Cool".Aima Baig andShuja Haider performed on their rendition ofNazia Hassan andZohaib Hassan's "Disco Deewane". Then members ofJunoon band performed on their "Yaar Bina", "Heerey" and "Jazba-e-Junoon". The last performance included title anthem of the league's fourth season byFawad Khan featuringYoung Desi. Then, melody ofAli Zafar's previous anthems for PSL was played, followed by fireworks.[32][33][34][35]
A list of artists to perform at the ceremony was officially released on 18 January, according to which American rapperPitbull was also confirmed to perform,[36] however, later he withdrew due to a technical fault in his plane's engine.[37]
The closing ceremony of the league, hosted by Fakhar-e-Alam, was held at National Stadium, Karachi, on 17 March prior to the league's final match.[38][39][40] One minute silence was observed in respect of the martyrs ofChristchurch mosque shootings.[26]
ThenAbrar-ul-Haq performed his song "Nach Majajan". Aima Baig and Shuja Haider once again paid tribute to Nazia Hassan by performing "Dosti" and "Disco Deewane".[41][42] Fawad Khan featuring Young Desi performed the title anthem of the league's fourth season.Sahir Ali Bagga then performed a patriotic song "Har Dil Ki Awaz".[26][43] Last performance was by Junoon, who sang "Zamaane Ke Andaaz", "Khudi Ko Kar Buland", "Sayonee" and "Dil Dil Pakistan".[44]
The Chief Minister of Sindh,Syed Murad Ali Shah, Spanish World Cup winning footballerCarles Puyol and the cast of the upcoming Pakistani filmThe Legend of Maula Jatt also appeared at the ceremony.[45] Army Chief Gen.Qamar Javed Bajwa and Governor SindhImran Ismail also attended the final match.[44]
International Child Hood Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 15 February with golden ribbon as a theme,[46] while Breast Cancer Awareness Day was observed on 10 March with pink ribbon as a theme.[47] The stadiums were also themed respectively.[48]
The six teams all played 10 matches each and got 2 points for every win, none for a loss and 1 point for a no result. The top four teams in the group stage qualified for the play-offs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi(R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.828 |
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators(C) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.376 |
| 3 | Islamabad United(3rd) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.127 |
| 4 | Karachi Kings(4th) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | −0.673 |
| 5 | Multan Sultans | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.173 |
| 6 | Lahore Qalandars | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.837 |
Notes:
| Visitor team → | IU | KK | LQ | MS | PZ | QG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| Islamabad United | Islamabad 7 wickets | Islamabad 5 wickets | Multan 5 wickets | Islamabad 12 runs | Quetta 7 wickets | |
| Karachi Kings | Islamabad 5 wickets | Lahore 22 runs | Karachi 7 runs | Peshawar 61 runs | Karachi 1 run | |
| Lahore Qalandars | Islamabad 49 runs | Karachi 5 wickets | Multan 7 wickets | Peshawar 7 wickets | Lahore 8 wickets | |
| Multan Sultans | Multan 6 wickets | Karachi 5 wickets | Lahore 6 wickets | Peshawar 5 wickets | Quetta 6 wickets | |
| Peshawar Zalmi | Peshawar 4 wickets | Peshawar 44 runs | Peshawar 4 wickets | Peshawar 7 wickets | Quetta 6 wickets | |
| Quetta Gladiators | Quetta 43 runs | Karachi 6 wickets | Quetta 3 wickets | Quetta 8 wickets | Quetta 8 wickets |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
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| Win | Loss | No result |
The complete fixture schedule was released on 13 December 2018.[49][a] On 3 March 2019, the updated schedule for Pakistan round was released.[50][24]
Lahore Qalandars 171/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 177/5 (19.2 overs) |
Islamabad won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Faheem Ashraf (Islamabad United) |
Karachi Kings 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 176/9 (20 overs) |
Karachi won by 7 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andRanmore Martinesz (SL) Player of the match:Liam Livingstone (Karachi Kings) |
Peshawar Zalmi 155/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 161/4 (19.4 overs) |
Quetta won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Umar Akmal (Quetta Gladiators) |
Islamabad United 125/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 126/5 (18.4 overs) |
Multan won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Ali Shafiq (Multan Sultans) |
Lahore Qalandars 138/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 116 (19.5 overs) |
Lahore won by 22 runs Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Haris Rauf (Lahore Qalandars) |
Islamabad United 157/8 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 161/3 (18.2 overs) |
Quetta won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) |
Lahore Qalandars 78 (15.1 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 81/3 (10.1 overs) |
Peshawar won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Multan Sultans 160/9 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 161/2 (18.2 overs) |
Quetta won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Shozab Raza (Pak) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) |
Peshawar Zalmi 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 109/9 (20 overs) |
Peshawar won by 44 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Imam-ul-Haq (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Multan Sultans 200/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 204/4 (20 overs) |
Lahore won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:AB de Villiers (Lahore Qalandars) |
Islamabad United 158/9 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 146 (19.4 overs) |
Islamabad won by 12 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andRichard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match:Mohammad Sami (Islamabad United) |
Lahore Qalandars 143/7 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 148/7 (20 overs) |
Quetta won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Sarfraz Ahmed (Quetta Gladiators) |
Karachi Kings 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 147/3 (16.1 over) |
Islamabad won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Luke Ronchi (Islamabad United) |
Multan Sultans 145 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 146/5 (19.4 overs) |
Peshawar won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Hasan Ali (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Quetta Gladiators 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 188/4 (18.4 overs) |
Karachi won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium,Sharjah Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Colin Ingram (Karachi Kings) |
Islamabad United 121 (17.4 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 122/4 (18.1 overs) |
Multan won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Dan Christian (Multan Sultans) |
Quetta Gladiators 106 (19.1 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 107/2 (16.3 overs) |
Lahore won by 8 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Sandeep Lamichhane (Lahore Qalandars) |
Karachi Kings 168/8 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 169/5 (19.2 overs) |
Islamabad won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Asif Ali (Islamabad United) |
Multan Sultans 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/3 (19.2 overs) |
Peshawar won by 7 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Kieron Pollard (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Lahore Qalandars 133/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 134/5 (19.1 overs) |
Karachi won by 5 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Iftikhar Ahmed (Karachi Kings) |
Islamabad United 176 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 177/6 (20 overs) |
Peshawar won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Liam Dawson (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Multan Sultans 121 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 122/4 (19 overs) |
Quetta won by 6 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium,Dubai Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Dwayne Bravo (Quetta Gladiators) |
Peshawar Zalmi 165/4 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 166/2 (17.4 overs) |
Quetta won by 8 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) |
Multan Sultans 118/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Kings 120/5 (19.2 overs) |
Karachi won by 5 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Usman Shinwari (Karachi Kings) |
Lahore Qalandars 124/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 125/6 (19.5 overs) |
Peshawar won by 4 wickets Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Ahsan Raza (Pak) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Misbah-ul-Haq (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Quetta Gladiators 180/9 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 137/9 (20 overs) |
Quetta won by 43 runs Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium,Abu Dhabi Umpires:Richard Illingworth (Eng) andRashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match:Ahmed Shehzad (Quetta Gladiators) |
Islamabad United 238/3 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Qalandars 189/9 (20 overs) |
Islamabad won by 49 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Cameron Delport (Islamabad United) |
v | Quetta Gladiators 189/7 (20 overs) | |
Karachi won by 1 run National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAsif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match:Usman Shinwari (Karachi Kings) |
Lahore Qalandars 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Multan Sultans 141/3 (12.3 overs) |
Multan won by 7 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Mohammad Abbas (Multan Sultans) |
Peshawar Zalmi 203/7 (20 overs) | v | |
Peshawar won by 61 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) |
| Semifinals | Preliminary final | Final | |||||||||||
| 13 March —Karachi | 17 March —Karachi | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 176/7 (20 overs) | 2 | Quetta Gladiators | 139/2 (17.5 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Quetta Gladiators | 186/6 (20 overs) | 15 March —Karachi | 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 138/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
| 1 | Peshawar Zalmi | 214/5 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 14 March —Karachi | 3 | Islamabad United | 166/9 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | Islamabad United | 164/6 (19.3 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Karachi Kings | 161/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Quetta Gladiators 186/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Zalmi 176/7 (20 overs) |
Quetta won by 10 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Quetta Gladiators) |
Karachi Kings 161/9 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 164/6 (19.3 overs) |
Islamabad won by 4 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Michael Gough (Eng) andShozab Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Alex Hales (Islamabad United) |
Peshawar Zalmi 214/5 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad United 166/9 (20 overs) |
Peshawar won by 48 runs National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Kamran Akmal (Peshawar Zalmi) |
Peshawar Zalmi 138/8 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Gladiators 139/2 (17.5 overs) |
Quetta won by 8 wickets National Stadium,Karachi Umpires:Ranmore Martinesz (SL) andAhsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match:Mohammad Hasnain (Quetta Gladiators) |
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | HS | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Watson | Quetta Gladiators | 12 | 12 | 430 | 91* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kamran Akmal | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 357 | 86 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameron Delport | Islamabad United | 12 | 12 | 355 | 117* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Colin Ingram | Karachi Kings | 11 | 11 | 344 | 127* | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Imam-ul-Haq | Peshawar Zalmi | 12 | 12 | 341 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Source:ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 17 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan Ali | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 25 | 4/15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Faheem Ashraf | Islamabad United | 12 | 12 | 21 | 6/19 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wahab Riaz | Peshawar Zalmi | 13 | 13 | 17 | 4/10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Umer Khan | Karachi Kings | 11 | 10 | 15 | 3/22 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sohail Tanvir | Quetta Gladiators | 12 | 12 | 15 | 4/21 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source:ESPNcricinfo.com, Last updated: 17 March 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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