PSL 2017 to kick off with a tie between defending champs Islamabad and Peshawar

The Pakistan Super League (PLS) today released the PSL 2017 schedule. The tournament will kick off with an opening ceremony and game between Peshawar Zalmi and Islamabad united at Dubai on February 9. In all the five participating teams will face off each other twice in the league stages and will play a total of 24 matches in the course of the tournament that includes 3 playoffs and the final that is slated to be played at Lahore if they get a security clearance. All the league matches and the three playoffs will be played at Dubai and Sharjah.

Here are the squads of all the teams after the players draft.

Islamabad United:

Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Shane Watson, Andre Russell, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Samuel Badree, Mohammad Sami, Khalid Latif, Brad Haddin, Sam Billings, Hussain Talat, Amad Butt, Dwayne Smith, Ben Duckett, Shadab Khan, Zohaib Khan

Karachi Kings:   

Kumar Sangakkara (captain), Shoaib Malik, Chris Gayle, Babar Azam, Ravi Bopara, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Amir, Safiullah Bangash, Shazaib Hasan, Sohail Khan, Kieron Pollard, Ryan McLaren, Khurram Manzoor, Kashif Bhatti, Abrar Ahmed, Abdul Hameed, Mahela Jayawardene, Usama Mir, Rahat Ali, Amad Alam

Peshawar Zalmi:

Darren Sammy (captain), Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Eoin Morgan, Wahab Riaz, Shakib Al Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, Chris Jordan, Tamim Iqbal, Kamran Akmal, Iftikhar Ahmed, Harris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Asghar, Alex Hales, Shahzad Mohammadi, Khushdil Shah

Quetta Gladiators:

Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Umar Gul, Asad Shafiq, Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Nawaz, Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright, Mohammad Nabi, Carlos Brathwaite, Anwar Ali, Tymal Mills, Hassan Khan, David Willey, Rovman Powell, Bismillah Khan, Mir Hamza

Lahore Qalandars:

Brendon McCullum (captain), Aamer Yamin, Sohail Tanvir, Sunil Narine, Umar Akmal, Dwayne Bravo, Yasir Shah, Anton Devcich, Mohammad Rizwan, Cameron Delport, Fakhar Zaman, Bilawal Bhatti, Ghulam Mudassar, Usman Qadir, Grant Elliot, Shaun Tait, Saif Badar, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Irfan (Jr.)

PSL 2017 schedule:

All matches at Dubai

February 9, 2017 – Peshawar Zalmi v Islamabad United

February 10, 2017 – Lahore Qalandars v Quetta Gladiators

Karachi Kings v Peshawar Zalmi

February 11, 2017 – Islamabad United v Lahore Qalandars

Quetta Gladiators v Karachi Kings

February 12, 2017 – Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars

All matches at Sharjah

February 15, 2017 – Islamabad United v Quetta Gladiators

February 16, 2017 – Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings

February 17, 2017 – Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators

Karachi Kings v Islamabad United

February 18, 2017 – Quetta Gladiators v Lahore Qalandars

Islamabad United v Peshawar ZaImi

February 19, 2017 – Peshawar Zalmi v Karachi Kings

February 20, 2017 – Lahore Qalandars v Islamabad United

Dubai

February 23, 2017 – Karachi Kings v Quetta Gladiators

February 24, 2017 – Peshawar Zalmi v Lahore Qalandars

Quetta Gladiators v Islamabad United

February 25, 2017 – Lahore Qalandars v Karachi Kings

Peshawar Zalmi v Quetta Gladiators

February 26, 2017 – Karachi Kings v Islamabad United

February 28, 2017 – Playoff 1: Team 1 v Team 2 at Sharjah

March 1, 2017 – Playoff 2: Team 3 v Team 4 at Sharjah

March 3, 2017 – Playoff 3: Winner Playoff 2 v Runner Up Playoff 1 at Dubai

March 7, 2017 – Final: Winner Playoff 1 v Winner Playoff 3 Lahore (subject to security clearance)