PSL 2026 Schedule, Format, Squads: All You Need to Know

PSL 2026 Schedule: Cricket fans ke liye ek aur blockbuster season ready hai! Pakistan Super League 2026 (PSL Season 11) shuru hone ja raha hai, aur is baar ka format, teams aur structure sab kuch thoda hatke hone wala hai. Defending champions Lahore Qalandars apni campaign ki shuruaat karenge opening match mein Hyderabad Kingsmen ke against, jo Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore mein khela jaayega.

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Tournament Overview

PSL ka yeh 11th edition hai, jo 2016 se chalta aa raha hai aur har saal aur bhi zyada competitive hota ja raha hai. Is baar ek bada change yeh hai ki tournament mein 2 naye teams add hue hain, jiske baad total teams ki sankhya 8 ho gayi hai.

Tournament ke saare matches sirf do venues par khele jaayenge:

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
National Bank Stadium, Karachi

Aur haan, ek important baat – is season ke matches behind closed doors honge, yaani stadium mein crowd nahi hoga.

PSL 2026 Format

Is baar PSL ka format thoda naya aur interesting hai. 8 teams ko 2 groups mein divide kiya gaya hai, har group mein 4 teams hongi.

Har team:

Apne group ki teams ke saath 2 baar khelegi
Doosre group ki teams ke saath 1 baar khelegi

Is format ke chalte har team ko 10 league matches milenge.

Playoffs Structure

League stage ke baad:

Top 4 teams playoffs ke liye qualify karengi
Top 2 teams khelegi Qualifier, jiska winner seedha final mein
3rd vs 4th khelegi Eliminator 1
Eliminator 1 ka winner khelega Eliminator 2 against Qualifier loser
Eliminator 2 ka winner jayega Final mein

Simple hai – top 2 ko milta hai extra advantage!

Total Matches

Is season mein total 44 matches khele jaayenge, jo ki PSL history ke sabse bade editions mein se ek hai.

PSL vs IPL Clash

Ek aur interesting angle – PSL 2026 phir se IPL ke saath clash karega, lagataar doosri baar. Yeh dekhna interesting hoga ki fans aur players ka focus kaise divide hota hai.

Most Successful Teams

Ab tak ke PSL history mein:

Lahore Qalandars – 3 titles
Islamabad United – 3 titles

Dono teams joint-most successful hain, aur iss season mein bhi strong contenders rahengi.

PSL 2026 Squads

Rawalpindiz Squad

Mohammad Amir, Kamran Ghulam, Sam Billings*, Saad Masood, Yasir Khan, Daryl Mitchell*, Abdullah Fazal, Shahzaib Khan, Mohammad Rizwan (c), Asif Afridi, Jalat Khan, Laurie Evans*, Fawad Ali, Cole McConchie*, Amad Butt, Naseem Shah, Dian Forrestor*, Mohammad Amir Khan, Rishad Hossain*

Peshawar Zalmi Squad

Kusal Mendis*, Abdul Samad, Shahnawaz Dahani, Babar Azam (c), Iftikhar Ahmed, Sufyan Moqim, Nahid Rana*, Michael Bracewell*, Khurram Shahzad, James Vince*, Farhan Yousuf, Kashif Ali, Tanzid Hasan Tamim*, Abdul Subhan, Ali Raza, Aamir Jamal, Brian Bennett*, Mohammad Haris, Shoriful Islam*, Khalid Usman, Aaron Hardie*, Mirza Tahir Baig

Quetta Gladiators Squad

Rilee Rossouw*, Hasan Nawaz, Saqib Khan, Saud Shakeel (c), Bevon Jacobs*, Jahandad Khan, Ahmed Daniyal, Tom Curran*, Ahsan Ali, Usman Tariq, Sam Harper*, Abrar Ahmed, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay, Shamyl Hussain, Khalil Ahmed, Brett Hampton*, Bismillah Khan, Khan Zeb, Ben McDermott*, Jahanzaib Sultan, Alzarri Joseph*, Wasim Akram Jnr

Multan Sultans Squad

Tabraiz Shamsi*, Momin Qamar, Peter Siddle*, Shan Masood, Ashton Turner* (c), Muhammad Shahzad, Delano Potgieter*, Sahibzada Farhan, Arshad Iqbal, Mohammad Nawaz, Steve Smith*, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Imran Randhawa, Lachlan Shaw*, Faisal Akram, Atizaz Habib Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Josh Philippe*, Arafat Minhas, Shehzad Gul, Muhammad Ismail

Karachi Kings Squad

Moeen Ali*, Haroon Arshad, Khushdil Shah, David Warner* (c), Aqib Ilyas*, Hasan Ali, Azam Khan, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Salman Ali Agha, Adam Zampa*, Reeza Hendricks*, Ihsanullah, Mir Hamza, Saad Baig, Khuzaima Bin Tanveer*, Rizwanullah, Shahid Aziz, Mohammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Waseem*

Lahore Qalandars Squad

Fakhar Zaman, Daniel Sams*, Abdullah Shafique, Haris Rauf, Sikandar Raza*, Hussain Talat, Maaz Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Usama Mir, Gudakesh Motie*, Tayyab Tahir, Rubin Hermann*, Ubaid Shah, Asif Ali, Mustafizur Rahman*, Mohammad Naeem, Shahab Khan, Parvez Hussain Emon*, Haseebullah, Dunith Wellalage*, Mohammad Farooq

Hyderabad Kingsmen Squad

Glenn Maxwell*, Sharjeel Khan, Saim Ayub, Marnus Labuschagne* (c), Maheesh Theekshana*, Akif Javed, Hassan Khan*, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Kusal Perera*, Usman Khan, Asif Mehmood, Rizwan Mehmood, Hammad Azam, Riley Meredith*, Hunain Shah, Tayyab Arif, Ahmed Hussain, Shayan Jahangir*, Mohammad Ali, Maaz Sadaqat, Saad Ali

Islamabad United Squad

Devon Conway*, Mohammad Hasnain, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan (c), Richard Gleeson*, Sameer Minhas, Haider Ali, Salman Irshad, Mark Chapman*, Nisar Ahmed, Dipendra Singh Airee*, Faheem Ashraf, Max Bryant*, Mehran Mumtaz, Sameen Gul, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Andries Gous*, Mohammad Faiq, Mir Hamza Sajjad