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HBL Pakistan Super League 2016

Dates	4 – 23 February 2016
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and playoffs
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Islamabad United (1st title)
Runners-up	Quetta Gladiators
Participants	5
Matches	24
Attendance	201,609 (8,400 per match)
Player of the series	Ravi Bopara (KK) (329 runs and 11 wickets)
Most runs	Umar Akmal (LQ) (335)
Most wickets	Andre Russell (IU) (16)
Official website	psl-t20.com
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The 2016 Pakistan Super League (or for sponsorship reasons HBL PSL 2016) was the debut season of the Pakistan Super League which was established by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The tournament featured five teams and was held from 4 February 2016 to 23 February 2016 in the United Arab Emirates. The opening ceremony and first match of the tournament were held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 4 February 2016.

The final was held in Dubai on 23 February and saw Islamabad United defeating Quetta Gladiators by 6 wickets to win the first title. Dwayne Smith of Islamabad United was awarded the man of the match award for his innings of 73 runs from 51 balls. Ravi Bopara of the Karachi Kings was named player of the tournament.

Around half of the TV viewing audience in Pakistan watched matches in the competition at peak times.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the tournament was held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on 4 February 2016, and was hosted by Yasir Hussain and Sri Lankan model Stephanie Siriwardhana. It featured live performances by singer Ali Zafar, Jamaican rapper and singer Sean Paul, Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed and such other artists and ended with a firework display. A large crowd attended the ceremony at the stadium.

Player acquisition and salaries

The player draft for the 2016 season was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 21–22 December 2015. 308 players, including both Pakistani and international players, were divided into five different categories. Each franchise was allowed to pick a maximum of six foreign players in their squads which could have a maximum of 20 members.

Squads

Officials

Seven umpires and two match referees made up the match officials panel for the tournament. Pakistan's top ICC umpire Aleem Dar stood in matches during the tournament as did West Indian ICC umpire Joel Wilson. Also a part of the panel were other Pakistani umpires Ahsan Raza, Shozab Raza, Ahmed Shahab, Rashid Riaz and Khalid Mahmood. The match referees panel consisted of former Sri Lankan ICC match referee Roshan Mahanama and Pakistani match referee Mohammad Anees.

Promotion and media coverage

The official anthem of PSL season I, "Ab Khel Ke Dikha" was released on 30 September 2015. It was written, composed and sung by Ali Zafar.

Venues

The venue for the tournament was originally planned to be a single stadium in Doha, Qatar. In September 2015 the Pakistan Cricket Board announced the shifting of the tournament to Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai	Sharjah
Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 15,000
DubaiSharjah

Format

Each team played each other twice in the league stage of the tournament in a round robin format. As matches were played in the UAE, all games were effectively at a neutral venue. Following the group stage the top four teams qualified for the playoff stage of the tournament.

The 2016 season of the PSL followed rules and regulations laid down by the International Cricket Council. In the group stage, two points were awarded for a win, one for a no result and none for a loss. In the event of tied scores after both teams faced their quota of overs, a super over would have been used to determine the match winner. In the group stage teams were ranked on the following criteria:

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If equal, fewest defeats
4. If still equal, the results of head-to-head meetings
5. If still equal, net run rate

If any play-off match had finished with a no result, a super over would have been used to determine the winner. If the super over had not have been possible or the result of the over was a tie, the team which finished in the highest league position at the end of the regular season would have been deemed the winner of the match.

League stage

Points table

Top 4 teams qualified for the Playoffs
  Advanced to Qualifier
  Advanced to Eliminator 1

Notes:

• C = Champions;
• R = Runner-up;
• (x) = Position at the end of the tournament;

Summary

• Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
• Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.

League progression

• Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
• Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (playoffs) to see the match summary.

Fixtures

All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

Match 1

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 2

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Amir took the first ever hat-trick in PSL history.

Match 3

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 4

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 5

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 6

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Match 7

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 8

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 9

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• The opening partnership of 153 runs between Sharjeel Khan and Shane Watson in this match was the highest in PSL 2016.

Match 10

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 11

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 12

• Lahore Qalandars won the toss and elected to field.
• Ravi Bopara secured the first ever five-wicket haul in PSL in this match.

Match 13

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 14

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 15

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Match 16

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Match 17

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to bat.
• The partnership of 63 runs between Grant Elliott and Zulfiqar Babar in this match was the highest 10th wicket partnership in T20s.

Match 18

• Quetta Gladiators won the toss and elected to field.

Match 19

• Karachi Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 20

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.

Playoff stage

All times are in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5).

Qualifier

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.

Eliminator 1

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• Shoaib Malik stepped down from captaincy of Karachi Kings a day before this match and Ravi Bopara was named his successor for the remainder of PSL 2016.
• Mohammad Sami reached 100 wickets in T20s in this match.

• As a result of this match Karachi Kings were eliminated.

Eliminator 2

• Peshawar Zalmi won the toss and elected to field.
• Sharjeel Khan scored the first ever century of PSL.

Final

• Islamabad United won the toss and elected to field.
• Islamabad United won the first edition of PSL as the result of this match.

Awards and statistics

The player of the tournament was Ravi Bopara of the Karachi Kings. Bopara scored 329 runs and took 11 wickets in the tournament. Andre Russell of Islamabad United took 16 wickets at an average of 17.25 to be the leading wicket-taker ahead of Wahab Riaz of Peshawar Zalmi with 15. Umar Akmal of Lahore Qalandars was the leading run scorer with 335 runs at an average of 83.75 and also took the most catches in the tournament with 7. Winners of the Spirit of Cricket award was Lahore Qalandars.

Most runs

Most wickets

See also

• Islamabad United in 2016
• Quetta Gladiators in 2016
• Peshawar Zalmi in 2016
• Karachi Kings in 2016
• Lahore Qalandars in 2016

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External links

• Official website
• Tournament Site – ESPNcricinfo

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